[OLUG] Hosed my system/fdisk can't read disk drive now.

[Vincent]

ktb wrote:
> 
> I've pulled a real bone head deal it seems.  I decided to patition the
> HD on my new system so that I could put both Windows 98 and Slink on
> it.  I tried using fdisk under "dos" but it wouldn't let me delete the
> current partition so I used the Slink installation disk and cfdisk to
> partition my HD.  I cut the disk in half and added one partition "Win95
> FAT32 (LBA)" which was what it was before except that it took up the
> whole disk.  I marked it as bootable.  I then attempted to install W98
> and got the message "no HD found."  I went into the bios setup and the
> disk can't be detected.  I switched it to "auto" but no improvement.  I
> used the Slink installation cd again and found  I get the message "FATAL
> ERROR: Cannot read disk drive Press any key to exit fdisk."  I have no
> installation disks for this HD.  It is the HD that came with the
> system.  What the heck do I do now?
> Thanks,
> kent
> 
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Well, you aren't going to get anywhere untill your BIOS recognizes the
drive.  Try checking all your BIOS settings, jumpers and cables.  If all
that is in order, I would guess your drive is bad.  Try a different
drive if you have one.

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