new hard drive-can't load Win 98

[andy]

I just replaced my Western Digital 40GB HD with the same
make and model. In the meanwhile though, my motherboard
primary port stopped working (the computer is a 1998
Quantex). The secondary port still works though, so I
have the HD configured as Secondary Master, and the CDROM
as Secondary Slave. When I try to load Win 98, I get a
message saying that my HD has errors (Western Digital
Diagnostics says my HD is good).
BTW, I succeeded once in loading Win 98 (although I'm not
sure how), but it loaded FAT 16, and detected a HD size
of only 530 MB.
I'm pretty sure I have it jumpered correctly, as the
computer recognizes both the HD and CDROM.
Any advice? Thanks!

[Jeff Richards]

Buy and install a plug-in hard disk controller card, and disable the
motherboard controller from within BIOS setup. Then configure the drive as
primary master on the new controller. This overcomes the problem of the
faulty controller, and also the 530Mb limit.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"andy" > wrote in message
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>I just replaced my Western Digital 40GB HD with the same
> make and model. In the meanwhile though, my motherboard
> primary port stopped working (the computer is a 1998
> Quantex). The secondary port still works though, so I
> have the HD configured as Secondary Master, and the CDROM
> as Secondary Slave. When I try to load Win 98, I get a
> message saying that my HD has errors (Western Digital
> Diagnostics says my HD is good).
> BTW, I succeeded once in loading Win 98 (although I'm not
> sure how), but it loaded FAT 16, and detected a HD size
> of only 530 MB.
> I'm pretty sure I have it jumpered correctly, as the
> computer recognizes both the HD and CDROM.
> Any advice? Thanks!

[andy]

Thanks. I finally found another solution, also. I
partitioned the drive at 30.2 GB, and everything loaded
fine. I didn't need the full 40 GB, so this solution
worked.
>-----Original Message-----
>Buy and install a plug-in hard disk controller card, and
disable the
>motherboard controller from within BIOS setup. Then
configure the drive as
>primary master on the new controller. This overcomes the
problem of the
>faulty controller, and also the 530Mb limit.
>--
>Jeff Richards
>MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
>"andy" > wrote in
message
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>>I just replaced my Western Digital 40GB HD with the same
>> make and model. In the meanwhile though, my motherboard
>> primary port stopped working (the computer is a 1998
>> Quantex). The secondary port still works though, so I
>> have the HD configured as Secondary Master, and the
CDROM
>> as Secondary Slave. When I try to load Win 98, I get a
>> message saying that my HD has errors (Western Digital
>> Diagnostics says my HD is good).
>> BTW, I succeeded once in loading Win 98 (although I'm
not
>> sure how), but it loaded FAT 16, and detected a HD size
>> of only 530 MB.
>> I'm pretty sure I have it jumpered correctly, as the
>> computer recognizes both the HD and CDROM.
>> Any advice? Thanks!
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