From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 14 21:25:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA13018 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 21:25:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from presley.cybertrails.com (presley.cybertrails.com [162.42.150.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA13013 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 21:25:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kf7nn1@cybertrails.com) Received: (qmail 31723 invoked from network); 15 Dec 1998 05:33:14 -0000 Received: from fla-r1-p13212.cybertrails.com (HELO kf7nn1) (162.42.132.12) by presley.cybertrails.com with SMTP; 15 Dec 1998 05:33:14 -0000 Message-ID: <00a601be27eb$48af5300$e9aefea9@kf7nn1> From: "George V" To: Subject: way off topic windows98 question and HDD prob. Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 22:25:08 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00A3_01BE27B0.9B657EC0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A3_01BE27B0.9B657EC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable has anyone seen this sort of problem. today after rebooting into win98 i got a error in vxd and windows = wouldnt start so i rebooted again and got another error but it started scandisk and = found a bunch of crosslinked files and such so i just fdisk /mbr, fdisked, formatted and tried to reinstall winblows, it gets as far as "windows is checking = registry" and eithier gives me back the D:> prompt or some funky characters i cant = type. the disk fdisks fine and formats fine and i can read it. but for the life of me i cant install win98 on it anymore. (it used to = be on it) I have done this 50 times before without any problems.=20 I switched out the disk with another of the same size (5GiG) and it=20 installed just fine.. does this sound like it might be a drive cache problem? i was thinking that winblows may try and use the drive cache and if its broken.... crash... any ideas,=20 Sorry for the off topic post but this got me puzzled and you people are the greatest for hardware problems. sorry for the winblows mailer too... ------=_NextPart_000_00A3_01BE27B0.9B657EC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

has anyone seen this sort of=20 problem.

today after rebooting into win98 i = got a error=20 in vxd and windows wouldnt start

so i rebooted again and got another = error but it=20 started scandisk and found a bunch

of crosslinked files and such so i = just fdisk=20 /mbr, fdisked, formatted

and tried to reinstall winblows, it = gets as far=20 as "windows is checking registry"

and eithier gives me back the D:> = prompt or=20 some funky characters i cant

type. the disk fdisks fine and = formats fine and=20 i can read it.

but for the life of me i cant = install win98 on=20 it anymore. (it used to be on it)

I have done this 50 times before = without any=20 problems.

I switched out the disk with another = of the same=20 size (5GiG) and it

installed just fine..

does this sound like it might be a = drive cache=20 problem?

i was thinking that winblows may try = and use the=20 drive cache

and if its broken.... =20 crash...

any ideas,

Sorry for the off topic post but = this got me=20 puzzled and you people

are the greatest for hardware=20 problems.

sorry for the winblows mailer=20 too...

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