What size HD is this? Since you are using a 700mhz CPU, obviously it is a new mobo that can accept large HD's. So, you should not be installing disk manager. I have found that it can actually cause some problems. Reformat the HD again w/o DM, just format it the conventional way. You may have to format using the DOS command and you'll have to have the windows CD in to do that. Or, just fdisk again to clear everything and let the windows cd do the formatting process. -Clint God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com http://ComputerHardware-ConsumerElectronics.com sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: 209-882-9602 TechAssist Administration http://tech-assist.org techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "adam miller" <adamt123@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 1:14 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