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PeteyG
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Ok here is my problem. I started haveing random lock ups while using XP pro, the most recent lockup upon restaring computer I only got a blue back ground screen. I tried restaring in safe mode and only get a black screen with safe mode markers in the corners. I do NOT want to reformat and reinstall everything.
COMP:
SOYO P4S Dragon ultra
P4 1.8
1 gig mushkin ram
80 gig seagate
Sound Blaster audigy platinum
plextor cdrw
toshiba DVDrom
GEFORCE 4 ti4400
every IDE device was running on it own channel
I had the 80 gig hard drive running on one channel of the built in raid controller. Partitioned as a 71 gig and 8 gig
I tried installing my old 30gig maxtor and loading windows on that so that I could access the other drive(and remove any data) in place of the plextor drive. During install I disabled the IDE RAID in the bios. Everything works until this point. Upon enabling the raid controller in the bios I get a message of "unmountable boot drive" and it restarts, then come up with screen to select safemode normal etc.
My questions are as follows.
1. Can I reintall Winxp on my 80 gig drive without having to reformat?
2. Any suggestions on how to overcome the unmountable boot device?
3. Lastly what is the file format and locationb for outlook express and outllook 2000 for emails etc so that I can remove those if I have to reformat,
I was thinking just keep the controller disabled for now and installing the 80 gig on the same ide ribbon cable as my 30 gig.
But How do I go about reinstalling XP to the 80 gig drive.
sorry for the lengthy post.
Thanks in advance for any help.
PETE
COMP:
SOYO P4S Dragon ultra
P4 1.8
1 gig mushkin ram
80 gig seagate
Sound Blaster audigy platinum
plextor cdrw
toshiba DVDrom
GEFORCE 4 ti4400
every IDE device was running on it own channel
I had the 80 gig hard drive running on one channel of the built in raid controller. Partitioned as a 71 gig and 8 gig
I tried installing my old 30gig maxtor and loading windows on that so that I could access the other drive(and remove any data) in place of the plextor drive. During install I disabled the IDE RAID in the bios. Everything works until this point. Upon enabling the raid controller in the bios I get a message of "unmountable boot drive" and it restarts, then come up with screen to select safemode normal etc.
My questions are as follows.
1. Can I reintall Winxp on my 80 gig drive without having to reformat?
2. Any suggestions on how to overcome the unmountable boot device?
3. Lastly what is the file format and locationb for outlook express and outllook 2000 for emails etc so that I can remove those if I have to reformat,
I was thinking just keep the controller disabled for now and installing the 80 gig on the same ide ribbon cable as my 30 gig.
But How do I go about reinstalling XP to the 80 gig drive.
sorry for the lengthy post.
Thanks in advance for any help.
PETE