Re: Just introducing myself

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q_q_anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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ms link says it's problem with Starting windows rather than installing
windows. I guess install is completing, then it restarts, then it
screws up.
Since it's with starting windows, there's a good chance that extracting
and copying the file over will work.
have you tested the cd - if the CD you have works on other computers?

I'd better give it a try. Both of the CDs were still sealed in their
cellophane bags when I first used them, so we haven't tested them on
other computers unless my other half did so today. He's building a
computer on the kitchen bench at present - tells me not to do any
cooking that will generate steam:-)

Stephen's research today suggests that maybe I need to remove my modem
(which is only in there for safe-keeping as I get my Internet via the
onboard network card these days) and my SCSI card as it could be lack
of drivers on those cards that are causing the Windows start-up to
fail. There may be a fallacy in that logic somewhere as it has to
Plug'n'play them eventually...

I think those IDE cards are usually IDE RAID cards with an option
(perhaps called by some JBOD-just a bunch of disks).
By the way. I just checked my notes regarding an IDE RAID card I tried.
It didn't work correctly when I used the standard IDE ports and the
ones on the card. I had to only use the ones on the card and disable
the standard ones in the BIOS. The RAID Card has its own BIOS.
The card had 2 connectors, so in numbers it was an improvement on the
MBRD ones, since on the old I had 2 connectors but needed 1 for the
CD/DVD drives.
It's not clean though. You have to mess with it, its own BIOS.

I'd be interested to know which IDE card you're buying.

I can't find a brand name on the box, but it does say "made in Taiwan"
and it also clearly states that you can use it for expanding the number
of hard drives on your system. It doesn't mentione the word "RAID"
anywhere. My motherboard has the capability of running RAID. It's also
got slots for SATA drives. I was thinking that those had to be RAID,
but from rereading my motherboard manual last night, I don't think they
do. Anyway, we've got lots of IDE hard drives lying around, so
expanding the number of IDE drives I can run suits me. Ultimately, I
probably ought to get an external case that I can put a drive into and
when I fill it up, just take it offline and put another one in. And my
digital camera is *only* a 6MP model!!!

the only thing I find that sometimes gets in the way is the cpu
heatsink.
nowadays I use a torch to ensure the ram goes in right. especially
important if cables are everywhere.

Funnily enough, Stephen's been doing the hard drive instals for me.
I've done a couple for myself, but he was volunteering:-) He keeps a
torch handy.

side note- and not meanign to create a prob that doesn't exist. but,
cables all over the case may mean the cpu gets a bit hot - not so good.
maybe your BIOS has a 'health' section to check cpu temp. Otherwise you
could easily check temp with some windows software.

The cables are on the outside, not the inside. Behind my computer is a
regular spaghetti junction.

The motherboard does have some temperature information available via
the BIOS, and I think there ought to be a utility with it which I've
never loaded which gives me the option to look at that sort of data
from within Windows.

I suspect that I'm not going to progress my problems this evening. It's
already after 10pm and after sitting up late last night surfing for
information about my problem, I'm tired. It's even possible that I
won't make a concerted effort to solve it until the weekend. I don't
want to push myself past my limits, and as Stephen will kindly spin up
my hard drive (the one that came out of Win98 and has a few but
hopefully not too many corrupted files on it) in his PC, I can find my
camera club stuff that I need for later this week and so I'm not in a
huge rush to get my PC running. Of course, if I go out on a
photographic mission and download my SD cards to the Jobo Giga One and
fill that up and have nowhere else to put pictures, I'll soon change my
tune:-)

I'll post at the weekend if/when I've resolved the problem.

Helen

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