Ok, first things first, you don't need a management program for your Hd. Go to fdisk and take it to one partition. Multiple partitions are not needed anymore. Restart the pc with your win98 boot disk in drive A and your cd in the cd drive. When you get your A prompt type"setup" then let windows format your HD and install itself. If it still blows up you may have a dirty cd-rom drive. I've had many problems with bum cd-rom drives causing problems like you described. Lastly, try re-loading the default settings for the bios. They usually will work with a clean install. If you have any other questions let me know. Frank Rs-Tek Inc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "adam miller" <adamt123@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:14 PM Subject: [TechAssist] seagate hard drive problem > > hello, > > i have a stupid problem with a seagate st31720 hard drive. i wanted to > re-install windows from scratch on a differant computer, and i formatted the > whole drive and re partitioned it, without knowing you had to install this > disk manager, anyway, i downloaded the disk manager and ran fdisk one more > time, scandisk says no errors are found on the drive, so i try to run setup > for window 98, it goes through scandisk, and after you exit scandisk and go > to the screen where it says windows is installing files nesacary for setup, > the computer freezes, i tried another disc and i get differant errors, like > package is corrupt, and so on, everything looks ok in the bios, i am using a > via 700MHZ processor, award bios, anyone have any ideas? this thing is > driving me crazy.............im trying to put a computer together for one of > my nephews, so any advice is much apreciate, > > troy > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > ================================= > Help make your TechAssist database better! > Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > ================================= > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > ================================= Help make your TechAssist database better! Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips ================================= To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe