From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

HD controllers can fail, too. Do you have an empty HD hanging around
somewhere? If so, put it in and install whatever OS you had on that
computer. Runs ok: the data in the original disk is corrupted (boot sector
/ whatever), and a re-install is in order. Does not run: hardware failure
-> off to the nearest parts shop.


Antti Kurenniemi
(always keep a few "known good" pieces of hardware around,
because it can save you days of trying to fix something that isn't what's
actually broken)

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:41c1d75d{at}w3.nls.net...
> Yea, tried the winnt/? and there was no option to make the boot floppies.
> I'll go download them now.
>
> Yes, latest Bios for this MB was installed sometime ago.  An identical
> system sits right above this one (same MB, same HD's, same CDROM, same
> ram,
> etc, and it runs fine. .
>
> I removed the 2 USB2 HD's, and that of course made no difference.  I've
> connected them to the other system so I can work for now, while I deal
> with
> this madness. I'm going to copy off the audio that's on the second
> partition
> of this HD from a working system over to one of the USB drives, and move
> the
> 2nd HD that has audio into the other system as well, so all audio is there
> while I work on getting this beast back alive again.
>
> Can systems boot from USB floppies?  Might be worth having one around (I
> believe the answer is yes, as there is a bios option for that too).
>
> --
> Glenn M.

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