If the BIOS doesn't see the drive -- i.e. in the boot up sequence -- you
should not be able to access the drive. Access the drive how? I thought
you couldn't get into windows.

John

Frank Leitnaker wrote:
>
>
> Thanks, John,
>
> I'll give that a try. What seems strange to me is why I can access the
> drive even though the BIOS doesn't see it. I suspect I already have
> that HDD set up as the slave with no master. Is that possible? And all
> I really need to do is restore the system files.
>
> Frank
>
> --- In windows-98@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:windows-98%40yahoogroups.com>, c-post <C-POST@...> wrote:
> >
> > That is a bit of a pickle, Frank. What I would do is get another
> > harddrive and install it in the master position by setting the jumper.
> > And change the setting of your old drive to be the slave. Boot up with
> > your start up diskette and install WIndows 98 in the new drive. And
> > after you have installed windows 98, then see if you can access your
> old
> > boot drive. If not, I think your old drive is toast, which would be a
> > shame, since you might have data on it that you need.
> >
> > What I have done to guard against this type of failure is I make a
> clone
> > of my boot drive before it goes down using disk cloning software. It
> > takes me so long to install all my programs and get all the drivers to
> > make the system run (and I have got a cherry, 2 screen win 98 system
> > that I have maintained for years) that disk cloning is essential. PLUS
> I
> > also have a very valuable little program called desktop resetter which
> > remembers the desktop positions of all my icons.
> >
> > I usually have to do a maintenance reinstall of Win98 about every 4-5
> > months, because sometimes it gets a little funky, usually associated
> > with printer drivers or other drivers.
> >
> > good luck
> >
> > John
> >
> > Frank Leitnaker wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there anybody still monitoring this group that might give me some
> help?
> > >
> > > I am still using Windows 98 (SE) in an old computer because it has
> some
> > > capability I don't have with this computer running on Windows XP HE.
> > >
> > > Now the old computer will not boot. Set-up does not detect the
> master HDD
> > > which is partitioned into C and D. Using Win 98 (SE) start-up
> diskette, I
> > > was able to access the C:\ drive and run Scandisk which found no
> errors.
> > >
> > > I don't understand what is going on nor what else to do about it.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Frank Leitnaker
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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