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  1. July 19th, 2004, 07:04 PM #1
    jxrry59
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    second hd failed

    i went to install a 2nd hardrive and it failed, now when i boot the puter i get a row of 99's in the dos window
    the only way to fix it is to flush it all away-tool
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  2. July 19th, 2004, 07:08 PM #2
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    did you install the second hd to the same ide controller?
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  3. July 19th, 2004, 07:08 PM #3
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    Was this a new HD?

    Can you put a bootable floppy in and get to a command prompt?
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  4. July 19th, 2004, 07:09 PM #4
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    Hang on while I close my eyes and start throwing darts at a dartboard until I hit the right combination of numbers that match the letters in your operating system, hardware config etc. etc. etc.

    Ah, I have it now.... Take your elbow off the "9" key....

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  5. July 19th, 2004, 07:13 PM #5
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    it was an old hd, i just wanted something to install mandrake on, i dont know what was on it, i changed the pin to slave and hooked it up and booted the puter, i got a row of 99's i removed it and rebooted and the same row of 99's on xp pro, will make a floppy boot
    the only way to fix it is to flush it all away-tool
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  6. July 19th, 2004, 07:14 PM #6
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    Do you have the jumpers in the back of the HD configured right?
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  7. July 19th, 2004, 07:14 PM #7
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    were your jumper settings both on CS or the primary on Master and secondary on Slave?
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  8. July 19th, 2004, 07:16 PM #8
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    can you see both Hard Drives in BIOS? You may have corrupted your good disk which will lead you to reinstall both OS's. If you are going to do so, I would Dual Boot on one hard drive and use the other for backup storage you can use between both OSs.
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  9. July 19th, 2004, 07:17 PM #9
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    1 was on primary and the added on slave
    the only way to fix it is to flush it all away-tool
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  10. July 19th, 2004, 07:32 PM #10
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    i got into recovery console, now i am stuck, its a foreign land to me
    the only way to fix it is to flush it all away-tool
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