is my Hard drive damaged or...what!?

[D.]

"> Identify the brand of hard drive, go to the drive maker's web site and
> download their diagnostic software. It runs from a floppy disk and will
> tell you the health of your hard drive. If the drive has failed, you will
> have to replace it. If it is OK, then we will have to sort out what is
> going wrong.
>

Thanx Ron, I`ll do that!

bye

[D.]

"D." > wrote in message
...
>
> "> Identify the brand of hard drive, go to the drive maker's web site and
> > download their diagnostic software. It runs from a floppy disk and will
> > tell you the health of your hard drive. If the drive has failed, you
will
> > have to replace it. If it is OK, then we will have to sort out what is
> > going wrong.
> >
>
> Thanx Ron, I`ll do that!
>

well...it seems my hard was damaged and just right now I am starting
diagnostic tools for IBM DCXA 210000....following instructions on
screen.....we`ll see........
thank you so much for your useful advice!
All the bast from Split, Croatia

[D.female]

I have Compaq Presario 1930.
...and OS win98 ....it was unstable, who knows why, so I decided to reinstall
win98...but it seems to be very complicaed this time.
I did "fdisk"....but cannot format c: ????.....it simply won`t do
that....tells me: "disk not ready". I did Scandisk for a "million"
times....and did hundreds of ... "fix it-jobs"!??
Finally got nothing.
"it" tells me: ....autoexec.bat : HIBCHK found in 1 lines.......blablabla...
........and:
"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer.
The problem seems to be caused by the following file: partmgr.sys
DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATI ONS

.....ETC......disable BIOS memory options such as...etc....."

Please, give me some advice. What is going on? What can I do now? Why can`t
format C: (also it doesnt "see my C drive anymore....!???)
I am stuck! Waiting for help.
Thanx,
Always Yours , D.female

[Ron Badour]

Identify the brand of hard drive, go to the drive maker's web site and
download their diagnostic software. It runs from a floppy disk and will
tell you the health of your hard drive. If the drive has failed, you will
have to replace it. If it is OK, then we will have to sort out what is
going wrong.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"D.female" > wrote in message
...
> I have Compaq Presario 1930.
> ..and OS win98 ....it was unstable, who knows why, so I decided to
reinstall
> win98...but it seems to be very complicaed this time.
> I did "fdisk"....but cannot format c: ????.....it simply won`t do
> that....tells me: "disk not ready". I did Scandisk for a "million"
> times....and did hundreds of ... "fix it-jobs"!??
> Finally got nothing.
> "it" tells me: ....autoexec.bat : HIBCHK found in 1
lines.......blablabla...
> .......and:
> "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
> damage to your computer.
> The problem seems to be caused by the following file: partmgr.sys
> DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATI ONS
>
> ....ETC......disable BIOS memory options such as...etc....."
>
> Please, give me some advice. What is going on? What can I do now? Why
can`t
> format C: (also it doesnt "see my C drive anymore....!???)
> I am stuck! Waiting for help.
> Thanx,
> Always Yours , D.female
>
>
>