Re: Win2k install on IBM TransNote

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From: mugsydean (mugsydean_at_aol.com)
Date: 09/11/04


Date: 11 Sep 2004 01:43:04 -0700

The exact same thing is happening to me. My Transnote would not even
start six months ago. I took it off the shelf today and gave it a go,
and it worked for about 20 min. Then it started to make a
galloping/clicking sound, it sounded like the HD was rereading an
errored sector. Eventually it would crash, Often eventually telling
me to re-install the HD. Please Let me know what happens with your
new HD, I may do the same. IBM was not too halpfull on the phone,
though nice. My machine will not start anymore. I do get the IBM
splash screen, then the error message.

"Doug" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<7c4b01c49543$7126eb60$a301280a@phx.gbl>...
> I have an IBM laptop computer (with a 10GB hard drive and
> Win2k OS), that has stopped working because of what I'm
> guessing is a corrupted file somewhere in the Win2k boot
> sequence. The symptoms are: Win2k installs part-way and
> then hits a point where the HD sounds like it is trying to
> repeatedly read the same place on the disk. This sound
> repeats about 20 times, and then the Win2k boot sequence
> aborts and an error message appears saying there was a
> hardware failure and that I should remove whatever
> hardware I just installed. Since I haven't installed any
> new hardware, I assume something is physically wrong with
> the HD. However, the HD doesn't make any nasty grinding
> noises, so I'm assuming it's not a complete disk crash but
> rather just a bad file somewhere in the Win2k boot
> sequence. Anyway, it's a 2.5-year old computer, so I've
> bought a new 40GB HD to replace the old 10GB HD, which
> means I'll need to install the Win2k OS on the new HD.
> But, before I do anything, I have some questions:
>
> 1. Is there any way to trouble-shoot the Win2k boot
> problem with the existing 10GB HD in place, *without*
> risking any damage to my data files that are on the HD? I
> ask this because some Windows recovery utilities will
> reformat the HD, or reinstall the OS in ways that will
> erase my data, and I don't want that to happen.
>
> 2. My computer has *no* internal floppy drive *or*
> internal CD drive; it uses external USB drives for both
> floppy & CD. How do I install Win2k on this computer?
> Will Win2k install via an external USB CD drive alone or
> do I need both a USB floppy & CD drive? In either case,
> what is the procedure for booting and installing Win2k
> from the USB drive(s)? Also, will any brand of USB drives
> work (i.e., are they all "bootable"), or do they need to
> be IBM brand?
>
> 3. Assuming everything goes OK with the physical install
> of the new 40GB HD, and with the install of Win2k OS on
> the new HD, and assuming the old 10GB HD is not
> extensively damaged, will I likely be able to recover my
> data files from the old HD? I've purchased a USB drive
> enclosure...if I install the old 10GB HD into this
> enclosure and plug it into the USB port on my computer,
> will this enable me to access my data files on the old
> 10GB HD (assuming the data files are not corrupted by
> whatever has damaged the boot process)?
>
> Thanks!



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