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"invalid media type reading drive c"
I formatted a 540MG seagate hd for a 100 mz Gateway. After formatting with system files I rebooted, went to the A drive, typed C:\ and got the above error. Can anybody help? Also I'm gettting the message "verifying dmi data pool" and the system hangs if I don't have a system disk in the A:\ drive
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I don't think the drive is correctly recognized by your BIOS.
Enter your CMOS (BIOS) setup program and enter the correct drive type for your hard disk.
Either set it "AUTO" (to have it automatically detected by BIOS) or enter the correct parameters for the drive. (They should be located on the drive's label.)
Once the drive is reported correctly by the BIOS at start-up, it should then be possible to transfer the system files to make it bootable.
Let me know what you find.
Regards,
Ralph
Enter your CMOS (BIOS) setup program and enter the correct drive type for your hard disk.
Either set it "AUTO" (to have it automatically detected by BIOS) or enter the correct parameters for the drive. (They should be located on the drive's label.)
Once the drive is reported correctly by the BIOS at start-up, it should then be possible to transfer the system files to make it bootable.
Let me know what you find.
Regards,
Ralph
Media Descriptor byte is part of H0C0S0 (Head 0, Cylnder 0, Sector 0) information that is valid for all disk drive types. BIOS setting has to be right for system to operate, but will not cause this problem.
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You are not going to do anything with that disk by using FDISK until the BIOS sees it.
deltree: No the BIOS is not on the hard drive with this (or any)Gateway.
You need to verify the drive is recognised CORRECTLY in CMOS first. Reboot.
Then Remove all partitions, and recreate them with FDISK. Reboot.
Then Format the drive with FORMAT C:/S command. Reboot, and the drive will be ready to you opperating system to.
You need to verify the drive is recognised CORRECTLY in CMOS first. Reboot.
Then Remove all partitions, and recreate them with FDISK. Reboot.
Then Format the drive with FORMAT C:/S command. Reboot, and the drive will be ready to you opperating system to.
It might not be necessary to run FDISK or FORMAT again. (if the drive was already successfully formatted)
I think the key here is to get the drive configured correctly in CMOS first, before anything at all can be done with it.
We need some feedback from gengen now.
Ralph
I think the key here is to get the drive configured correctly in CMOS first, before anything at all can be done with it.
We need some feedback from gengen now.
Ralph
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Mark,
Your answers led me in the right direction. thanks for your help.....
Your answers led me in the right direction. thanks for your help.....
How?
(I'm curious.)
(I'm curious.)
Did Gateway follow Compaq's lead for a while by putting the BIOS on the HD?