HDD trouble on Win98

trentsteel · 12-07-2004, 16:37

I just installed Windows 98 on a completly new hard drive on which i created 2 partitions, C: and D:, and wanted to transfer some files from another older hard drive onto this but on connecting this drive, Windows does not open it saying "A device attaced to the system is not functiong". All drives are FAT32 and I have no idea why this is happening!

I would like to know what this means for one and how I could go about transferring files from the non-accessable drive to the new drives

Please help

greencreeper · 12-07-2004, 16:44

Presumably the partitions are ok - both formatted correctly and one is bootable. If I read your post correctly, you've installed a second drive? Are all the connections firmly seated? Have you plugged the data cable in the wrong way round - red strip to pin 1. Have you set the master/slave jumper to slave, assuming it shares a cable with the first hard drive? Have you properly configured your PCs BIOS for the second drive?

Paul K · 12-07-2004, 16:47

Could be a few things, one may be a software issue:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000362.htm
How are you connecting the device you are connecting from and have you checked all jumper settings are correct and that the device is being recognised in DOS?
Which drive is it stating the error on? The newly partitioned drive or the old one being copied from?
How large is the drive by the way?

trentsteel · 12-07-2004, 17:31

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Originally Posted by Paul

Could be a few things, one may be a software issue:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000362.htm
How are you connecting the device you are connecting from and have you checked all jumper settings are correct and that the device is being recognised in DOS?
Which drive is it stating the error on? The newly partitioned drive or the old one being copied from?
How large is the drive by the way?

Both drives ok in BIOS, not checked DOS as of yet. Error is on old one which is just over 6GB

SMHarman · 12-07-2004, 17:41

Does the machine have combined HDDs of over 136Gb? If so the motherboard may have trouble addressing it all.

trentsteel · 12-07-2004, 17:46

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Originally Posted by SMHarman

Does the machine have combined HDDs of over 136Gb? If so the motherboard may have trouble addressing it all.

Master drive is 40GB split into 2 partitions, slave drive is 6GB one partition.
6GB one also has windows 98 on it, when booting from that is does not even acknowledge that another drive is present, its not even on My Computer

SMHarman · 12-07-2004, 17:48

How are the Master and Slave (none of this Primary and secondary crap) set, cable select, or drive jumpers.

It is probably the case that both drives are set as primary (and the new one is being found first). Check the pin settings on the 6Gb drive. If it was the original drive then it must historically have been a primary drive.

trentsteel · 12-07-2004, 19:37

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Originally Posted by SMHarman

How are the Master and Slave (none of this Primary and secondary crap) set, cable select, or drive jumpers.

It is probably the case that both drives are set as primary (and the new one is being found first). Check the pin settings on the 6Gb drive. If it was the original drive then it must historically have been a primary drive.

Thank you, I love you

Simple thing i should have checked first really, you live and learn

Paul K · 12-07-2004, 19:43

Awww c'mon I'm gonna sulk LOL

Post 3

LOL
It's the simple things that get us into trouble... and jumpers are easy to forget about

greencreeper · 12-07-2004, 19:50

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Originally Posted by Paul

Awww c'mon I'm gonna sulk LOL

Post 3

LOL
It's the simple things that get us into trouble... and jumpers are easy to forget about

I said it in post 2. I guess we just have to face the fact that the guy loves Stephen. No point getting bitter about it. Plenty more fish in the sea and all that.

Paul K · 12-07-2004, 19:51

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Originally Posted by greencreeper

I said it in post 2. I guess we just have to face the fact that the guy loves Stephen. No point getting bitter about it. Plenty more fish in the sea and all that.

LOL I know

You posted faster than I could type

I'll let stephen have him if you don't want him

SMHarman · 12-07-2004, 20:25

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Originally Posted by greencreeper

I said it in post 2. I guess we just have to face the fact that the guy loves Stephen. No point getting bitter about it. Plenty more fish in the sea and all that.

Should I be worried. Anyway he doesn't use the rep button so don't worry.