From: "Glenn Meadows" 

It appears that the HD is AFU, at least being able to boot from it.  Tried
a re-install on that HD, and no joy.  I've subsequently replaced it with a
new one, re-installed and am back in "bidness" finally.

Thanks for all the pointers and help folks, it's appreciated.  Nice to know
there's a nice safety net out there, just a message away.

--
Glenn M.


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:41c1e926$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> I'm going to take the HD over to the supplier of the workstation, and see
if
> it boots on their system, which might tell us something....or not....
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "Antti Kurenniemi" 
wrote in message
> news:41c1dd57{at}w3.nls.net...
> > 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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