HDD problems

[enhanced08]

i have 4 IBMs with p75s in them. the only problem is i have no HDDs i ordered some from the trading post and have 2 as of right now, one will not work because its dead and the other seems to be working fine except when i try to install win95 it says 7340032 bytes or something like that needed on disk drive to install. its a 2GB HDD, it shuold work fine! any ideas?

[EzyStvy]

or something like that-> Need to know exactly what it says. Did it mention not enough "conventional memory?"

[glc]

That's an indication of defective or incompatible ram. IBM's are very fussy about generic ram.

[enhanced08]

the message says: Windows setup requires 7340032 bytes avaliable on your C: drive.


glc, i got these 4 pc from school and got everything i could find that might work with them (floopies, HS, Fans, etc) i grabbed all the RAM i could, they are all 8mb sticks but there is like 3 different styles (3 different sticks but all still 8mb) should i just keep trying different RAM untill it works or is there some way to see if it will work. couls i use the RAMtest on it?

[glc]

Another suggestion - zero fill the drive before reusing it. Yes, you can run memtest86+ to test each stick, might not be a bad idea.

[enhanced08]

alright well i had a program i used to zero write a drive once before, now i gotta find it. i'm running memtest on 2 of the pcs now and so far with 4 passes there is 0 errors.

[WhatsThisBoxFor?]

What brand are the hard drives? Look on there website for a zerofill tool, but it will only work on a drive of that brand.

[enhanced08]

i have a maxtor drive, i just tried looking on the website for a tool but couldn't find any. i tried the one i have for WD just for the chance it might work and it didn't. anyone know where to get this zerofill tool for a maxtor?

[Cricket]

See if QDI LF.exe (http://www.qdigrp.com/qdisite/eng/support/Utility.htm) will work on that Maxtor.

:) Cricket

[enhanced08]

ok cricket, i tried that and it formated the drive fine. i restarted it and when the A:\ came back up i hit d:\ to get into the CD-ROM to install win95 and it says hit enter to start install. i hit enter and it says cannot create temp directory. creat a primary DOS partion. i use fdisk and create a primary dos partion install again and it says the file size error again. "Windows setup requires 7340032 bytes avaliable on your C: drive."

[glc]

Just found out what causes this - you created a FAT32 partition with your boot disk but are trying to install original Win95, which is only FAT16-compatible. When you go into FDISK, choose NO to large disk support to make a FAT16 partition.

[enhanced08]

glc, i tried this and still get that error....

[enhanced08]

Thread has been bumped.

[glc]

Boot with the floppy. Run FDISK, if it asks you if you want large drive support, say NO. Remove all partitions. Reboot, repeat, this time create a primary DOS partition. Reboot again with the floppy, this time FORMAT C: . A 95 CD will not install unless the drive is partitioned and formatted first.

[enhanced08]

to do the fomat do i type FORMAT C: ??

[glc]

Yes.............

[enhanced08]

ok sweet i think it might work. sorry for all the trouble, i didn't know anything about formating the drive. i thought when you made a partion it was formated already. sorry about that.