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| Re: **URGENT** HD Crash and system collapse [message #99216 is a reply to message #99202] |
Wed, 11 June 2008 23:42   |
erlilo
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Registered: June 2005
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Try to take the powercable off the CD drive inside the computer when it's
shut down. Start up-shut down the system and set the powercable back, to see
what'happening. If the CD drive will not show up now, it seems to be
corrupt. They cost not much now a days. I believe about 50$.
Erling
"Tyrone Corbett" <tyronecorbett@comcast.net> skrev i en meddelelse
news:48504a62$1@linux...
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> Thanks Erilio. I found this as well. The problem is, My OS no longer sees
> the CD drive. i'm gonna try to recable to se if that helps....not sure
> though.
>
> "erlilo" <erlingl@tdcadsl.dk> wrote:
>>Here you can download the ASPI driver:
>> http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/scsi_soft/ASPI/ASPI-4.7 0/
>>
>>Hope this will help. If not, try to reinstall or update Nero. I believe
> Nero
>>install it's own driver.
>>
>>Erling
>>
>>"Tyrone Corbett" <tyronecorbett@comcast.net> skrev i en meddelelse
>>news:4850351e$1@linux...
>>>
>>> Hi Erilio,thanks for your response. I spoke with Chris Ludwig (always
>
>>> willing
>>> to assist the needy :), and it seems my OS drive was a bit confused
>>> after
>>> I removed the audio drive from the configuartion. I removed the jumper
>
>>> designating
>>> "master/Slave" and was able to boot the OS drive again.
>>>
>>> New problem though. I opened Nero to do some critical back-ups and it
> says
>>> my Win-ASPI file is now missing. I am a bit confused by this...it
>>> removed
>>> CD drive icon as well. Any thoughts?
>>>
>>>
>>> "erlilo" <erlingl@tdcadsl.dk> wrote:
>>>>How old is your system? Is it time to change the battery that's feeding
>>> the
>>>>bios alive? Normally, the life of the battery is 4-5 years. If you have
>>> some
>>>>partition utilities that can start the machine in Dos-mode, you can see
>>> if
>>>>the boot-partition is lost. As I understand, you have not a Ghost copy
>
>>>>that
>>>
>>>>can save your day if you have trouble with booting. If it's just that
> the
>>>
>>>>partition will not start, you can try a repair install with the
>>>>original
>>>
>>>>CD, if it's WinXP you're using.
>>>>
>>>>Hope there's something to use here and good luck.
>>>>
>>>>Erling
>>>>
>>>>"Tyrone Corbett" <tyronecorbett@comcast.net> skrev i en meddelelse
>>>>news:485023f0$1@linux...
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey guys, I need some major help here. Recently one of my audio drives
>>>
>>>>> crashed.
>>>>> I had not experienced any difficulties with this drive. I was
>>>>> importing
>>>
>>>>> new
>>>>> files to an existing project. All went well with this. Once I started
>>> to
>>>>> play the project, I received a "system overload" error...never saw
>>>>> that
>>>
>>>>> before,
>>>>> but the project had a huge amount of files, so I figured I'd just
>>>>> restart
>>>>> Paris and remove the unneeded files.
>>>>>
>>>>> Upon restarting Paris, the system froze and I rebooted. Upon
>>>>> rebooting,
>>> I
>>>>> received a notification that my audio drive had to be defragged. I did
>>>
>>>>> notice
>>>>> that there was a limited amount of space on the drive, which I felt
>
>>>>> might
>>>>> be a contributing factor. Once I started the defrag process, the
>>>>> performance
>>>>> slowed to a snail's pace and then I received a message that the defrag
>>>
>>>>> process
>>>>> could not continue and the system froze. Upon a reboot, I was now told
>>>
>>>>> that
>>>>> the audio drive had errors. Even though I back-up religiously, there
> is
>>>
>>>>> always
>>>>> new data that may get missed. after several reboots. I was able to get
>>>
>>>>> into
>>>>> the drive and copy the few files that had not been backed up.
>>>>>
>>>>> A bigger problem arose today. When I booted up, I forgot that the
>>>>> failed
>>>>> audio drive was still inline. Despite opening yesterday, I heard
>>>>> several
>>>>> clicks and then received the Blue Screen" message, (paraphrasing here)
>>> "A
>>>>> childlike device was connected to your PCI..." I have seen that
>>>>> message
>>>
>>>>> some
>>>>> years ago and it is typically very bad news. Now it seems My "system"
>>>
>>>>> drive
>>>>> no longer boots...full crash, though the problem I had was initially
>
>>>>> with
>>>>> the audio drive failing. At startup, I'm receiving "Insert Boot Disc"
>>>
>>>>> messages.
>>>>> I'm hoping that I do not have to reformat the "system" drive.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any and all assistance greatly appreciated!
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh Specs:
>>>>>
>>>>> ASUS motherboard running Windows 98SE
>>>>> 1 gig RAM
>>>>>
>>>>> Tyrone
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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