Re: Partitions on Dell Computer
- From: "windmap" <windmap@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:23:47 +0530
Try Clearing NV RAM
Turn on all the three "Num" "Caps" "Scroll" locks in keyboard when you are
in BIOS Setup main screen.
Then press
ALT + E
ALT + F
ALT + B
Computer will restart itself performing Automatic IDE configuration.
"Earl Partridge" <earlpNG@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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OK, I disconnected that 2nd HD, removed the battery. In Setup, I showed
the
Primary Slave OFF (not there). Still prompts with F1. I'm happy with
that small
HD being left there to eliminate the F1 prompt, but willing to try other
ideas.
Earl
"MAP" <mikepawlak2REM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Your last post confirms what I was thinking,your second hard drive
port
is enabled in the BIOS, and installing the second HD bypassed the prompt
for
f1.
This happened to me just last week when I cloned my HD, removing my old
HD
after the clone gave me the f1 prompt. If you take this other HD out in
the
future windmap is on the same page as I am set your bios to default
(removing
the battery will do this).
Good Luck
Mike Pawlak
"Earl Partridge" wrote:
Thanks for all the replies to my original request. The owner of the
machine
was
about ready to toss it and buy another computer. If it contained
anything
really
critical, I definitely would not have done my "experimentations". But,
now
she
has her machine working again at practically no cost. Probably good for
another 5 to 6 years.
Further experimenting... the jumper has been in Cable Select and Master
with
no positive results. I finally plugged in a second HD to do a backup
and
that
prompt for F1 no longer appears... boots normally. I realize the Dell
Restore
capability is gone. I had an OLD 520 Meg HD that I left in the machine.
I'll probably try the last two suggestions of removing the battery and
clearing the
event logs.
Earl
"windmap" <windmap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Enter dell BIOS setup by pressing f2 when you see the dell flashing
screen
at startup.In setup - under maintainence - clear event logs then set
CMOS
defaults.Also turn on the fast boot under Post behaviour.This should
help.If didnt locate the phone support number for your location from
the
mannual shipped with computer.
"Earl Partridge" <earlpNG@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Trying to help a friend with her Dell Dimension 3000 machine. It
would
not boot.
I installed that hard drive into another machine as a Slave and it was
recognized.
XP's Disk Management showed the drive to be partitioned (or at least
split) into
3 sections. The first simply shows 39 Meg Healthy, the second shows
(C:)
70 GB
(System) Healthy. I don't recall exactly what the third section
showed
but it did
(and does) show 4.17 GB. I did delete that third section.
Now with that HD back in the original machine, it will boot after
being
prompted to
press F1 - Primary Drive 1 not found.
I tried several things with that 3rd section, but nothing eliminates
that
prompt for F1.
I suspect that 3rd section was something unique with the Dell system.
Any thoughts?
Earl
.
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