Pentium II 300mhz machine
Running ME
Recent events:
Two weeks ago installed a TDK 24X10X40 CDRW successfully. Machine worked fine for the two weeks after.
Had power outage (machine on surge protector)
Powered up and the machine froze on the ME start-up screen. I turned it off then back on and it started in Safe Mode. I ran scan disc, no errors found, check the device monitor, everything appeared ok and then rebooted.
This time it goes to the ME start up and then past one screen to where it would normally say verifying pool data or something like that and at the bottom it would say looking for start-up floppy -NO
IDE OK and then it would freeze. When you shut it off and restart you may or may not get the Safe Mode option.
The next time I went to Safe Mode I attempted to use the feature of resetting the registry back to a past date, which I did before the installation and rebooted, still same problem. In addition if I did to much in safe mode I would get the blue screen that the system has become unstable.
Questions: (of course how do I fix this)
If you don't have any direct knowledge of what is wrong and how to fix it I have some questions.
1) Can I reload ME from the Safe Mode and if so do I need to do anything special i.e. uninstall ME first?
2) If it comes down to having to reformat and start over, can I do this from Safe Mode?
2a) If I have to do the Fdisk I don't remember exactly how to do it can you help.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Sam
Running ME
Recent events:
Two weeks ago installed a TDK 24X10X40 CDRW successfully. Machine worked fine for the two weeks after.
Had power outage (machine on surge protector)
Powered up and the machine froze on the ME start-up screen. I turned it off then back on and it started in Safe Mode. I ran scan disc, no errors found, check the device monitor, everything appeared ok and then rebooted.
This time it goes to the ME start up and then past one screen to where it would normally say verifying pool data or something like that and at the bottom it would say looking for start-up floppy -NO
IDE OK and then it would freeze. When you shut it off and restart you may or may not get the Safe Mode option.
The next time I went to Safe Mode I attempted to use the feature of resetting the registry back to a past date, which I did before the installation and rebooted, still same problem. In addition if I did to much in safe mode I would get the blue screen that the system has become unstable.
Questions: (of course how do I fix this)
If you don't have any direct knowledge of what is wrong and how to fix it I have some questions.
1) Can I reload ME from the Safe Mode and if so do I need to do anything special i.e. uninstall ME first?
2) If it comes down to having to reformat and start over, can I do this from Safe Mode?
2a) If I have to do the Fdisk I don't remember exactly how to do it can you help.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Sam