Re: Dell files/Last night

Dunno....... pull the power on the other drive (ie: reverse
the drives
you're try to boot to ????

The re-detection thing may work too?

Changing Drive ltrs in Disk Management...
you might right click on J and change Drive Letter to see
what kind of
screaming you get ???
If you actually change the letter there it may create Path
problems that
you could never clean up?

The Repair option is still available but I don't know what
that would do
to the Raid setup. The Repair replaces Windows files and
wipes out MS
updates plus IE7 if installed.
I ran it on this 64 bit system where it replaced all the
Windows files
and reinstalled IE6, which was screwed up. I reinstalled IE7
and now
everything is hinky dinky.

I recall some advice from my student days.......... when you
run out of
airspeed, altitude, and ideas.............
simultaneously........... you are about to crash and burn!
I don't know what you have left?

---------------------------

On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:55:40 EDT, CRAZYDOVEaol.com
said:
>  
> I did the chipset last night, along with the
Nvidia..nothing  has
> changed.  I 
> did find an error message that said the volume for C:
had  been reset
> since 
> it was identical to  J:            NO  DUH!!
> I also unplugged the (1) HD, 
> rebooted..shutdown..connected..rebooted..nada.  
> Still the same.  No  raid.  I even changed the boot
sequence back in
> CMOS, to 
> onboard/cd rom  instead of onboard/usb..nada.  I still
have two HD's.  I
> may 
> have to  take the second one out and make it a slave. 
But I'm still
> trying to 
>  figure out how to get my c: drive to be recognized as
a WD*******, it's 
> still  coming up as "disk drive" and j: is
coming up as WD*****.   
> Aaargh.
> I may try uninstalling the drivers for c: and then 
rebooting..???  I
> dunno!
>                                                        
 Jackie
>  
> In a message dated 8/15/2007 10:49:38 P.M. Eastern
Daylight Time,  
> cuffy10fastmail.fm writes:
> 
> The Dell  files I found using your Ser. Tag #
> Each page has download/install  instructions......
RTFM
> The BIOS file you might download and rathole. I 
wouldn't mess with
> flashing the BIOS at this point.
> 
> When you finish,  take a nap following an eight ounce
nip of Smirnoff (80
> proof is  sufficient)because you've earned it!
> 
> 
>  
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I was thinking about this yesterday and I would strongly
advise NOT to
change the lettering and I would stay away from the disk
manager because
I recalled that when I was running raid, the disk manager
DID show two
drives, but I had a RAID 0 setup. So this might be the case
with Jackie.
I would NOT change the lettering for the reason you stated
because
remember, with a RAID 1, everything is duplicated and it
will probably
screw things up worse.  

Also, what about the RAID drivers? The drivers is what
handles the RAID
within Windows. Also, is there a repair function in the
BIOS? (I would
backup important stuff before trying this option)  Also, I
was having
shutting down problems yesterday as well. Had something to
do with
Windows (or the BIOS) waiting for a signal to or from (maybe
both) the
hard drive(s)  


On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:43:41 -0700, cuffy10fastmail.fm came up with this:

> Dunno....... pull the power on the other drive (ie:
reverse the drives
> you're try to boot to ????
> 
> The re-detection thing may work too?
> 
> Changing Drive ltrs in Disk Management...
> you might right click on J and change Drive Letter to
see what kind of
> screaming you get ???
> If you actually change the letter there it may create
Path problems that
> you could never clean up?
> 
> The Repair option is still available but I don't know
what that would do
> to the Raid setup. The Repair replaces Windows files
and wipes out MS
> updates plus IE7 if installed.
> I ran it on this 64 bit system where it replaced all
the Windows files
> and reinstalled IE6, which was screwed up. I
reinstalled IE7 and now
> everything is hinky dinky.
> 
> I recall some advice from my student days..........
when you run out of
> airspeed, altitude, and ideas.............
> simultaneously........... you are about to crash and
burn!
> I don't know what you have left?
> 
> ---------------------------
> 
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:55:40 EDT, CRAZYDOVEaol.com
said:
> >  
> > I did the chipset last night, along with the
Nvidia..nothing  has
> > changed.  I 
> > did find an error message that said the volume for
C: had  been reset
> > since 
> > it was identical to  J:            NO  DUH!!
> > I also unplugged the (1) HD, 
> > rebooted..shutdown..connected..rebooted..nada.  
> > Still the same.  No  raid.  I even changed the
boot sequence back in
> > CMOS, to 
> > onboard/cd rom  instead of onboard/usb..nada.  I
still have two HD's.  I
> > may 
> > have to  take the second one out and make it a
slave.  But I'm still
> > trying to 
> >  figure out how to get my c: drive to be
recognized as a WD*******, it's 
> > still  coming up as "disk drive" and j:
is coming up as WD*****.   
> > Aaargh.
> > I may try uninstalling the drivers for c: and then
 rebooting..???  I
> > dunno!
> >                                                   
      Jackie
> >  
> > In a message dated 8/15/2007 10:49:38 P.M. Eastern
Daylight Time,  
> > cuffy10fastmail.fm writes:
> > 
> > The Dell  files I found using your Ser. Tag #
> > Each page has download/install  instructions......
RTFM
> > The BIOS file you might download and rathole. I 
wouldn't mess with
> > flashing the BIOS at this point.
> > 
> > When you finish,  take a nap following an eight
ounce nip of Smirnoff (80
> > proof is  sufficient)because you've earned it!
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ************************************** Get a sneak
peek of the all-new
> > AOL at 
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She has installed new chipset and RAID drivers and no
improvement.

I have no ideas left with the exception of FDISK the hell
out of it and
Jackie won't go along with that. She's stubborn that way?

-----------------------------

On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:52:12 -0700, "Charles R.
Buchanan"
<daphatbelldaphatbell.com> said:
> I was thinking about this yesterday and I would
strongly advise NOT to
> change the lettering and I would stay away from the
disk manager because
> I recalled that when I was running raid, the disk
manager DID show two
> drives, but I had a RAID 0 setup. So this might be the
case with Jackie.
> I would NOT change the lettering for the reason you
stated because
> remember, with a RAID 1, everything is duplicated and
it will probably
> screw things up worse.  
> 
> Also, what about the RAID drivers? The drivers is what
handles the RAID
> within Windows. Also, is there a repair function in the
BIOS? (I would
> backup important stuff before trying this option) 
Also, I was having
> shutting down problems yesterday as well. Had something
to do with
> Windows (or the BIOS) waiting for a signal to or from
(maybe both) the
> hard drive(s)  
> 
> 
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:43:41 -0700, cuffy10fastmail.fm came up with
> this:
> 
> > Dunno....... pull the power on the other drive
(ie: reverse the drives
> > you're try to boot to ????
> > 
> > The re-detection thing may work too?
> > 
> > Changing Drive ltrs in Disk Management...
> > you might right click on J and change Drive Letter
to see what kind of
> > screaming you get ???
> > If you actually change the letter there it may
create Path problems that
> > you could never clean up?
> > 
> > The Repair option is still available but I don't
know what that would do
> > to the Raid setup. The Repair replaces Windows
files and wipes out MS
> > updates plus IE7 if installed.
> > I ran it on this 64 bit system where it replaced
all the Windows files
> > and reinstalled IE6, which was screwed up. I
reinstalled IE7 and now
> > everything is hinky dinky.
> > 
> > I recall some advice from my student
days.......... when you run out of
> > airspeed, altitude, and ideas.............
> > simultaneously........... you are about to crash
and burn!
> > I don't know what you have left?
> > 
> > ---------------------------
> > 
> > On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:55:40 EDT, CRAZYDOVEaol.com
said:
> > >  
> > > I did the chipset last night, along with the
Nvidia..nothing  has
> > > changed.  I 
> > > did find an error message that said the
volume for C: had  been reset
> > > since 
> > > it was identical to  J:            NO  DUH!!
> > > I also unplugged the (1) HD, 
> > >
rebooted..shutdown..connected..rebooted..nada.  
> > > Still the same.  No  raid.  I even changed
the boot sequence back in
> > > CMOS, to 
> > > onboard/cd rom  instead of onboard/usb..nada.
 I still have two HD's.  I
> > > may 
> > > have to  take the second one out and make it
a slave.  But I'm still
> > > trying to 
> > >  figure out how to get my c: drive to be
recognized as a WD*******, it's 
> > > still  coming up as "disk drive"
and j: is coming up as WD*****.   
> > > Aaargh.
> > > I may try uninstalling the drivers for c: and
then  rebooting..???  I
> > > dunno!
> > >                                              
           Jackie
> > >  
> > > In a message dated 8/15/2007 10:49:38 P.M.
Eastern Daylight Time,  
> > > cuffy10fastmail.fm writes:
> > > 
> > > The Dell  files I found using your Ser. Tag
#
> > > Each page has download/install 
instructions...... RTFM
> > > The BIOS file you might download and rathole.
I  wouldn't mess with
> > > flashing the BIOS at this point.
> > > 
> > > When you finish,  take a nap following an
eight ounce nip of Smirnoff (80
> > > proof is  sufficient)because you've earned
it!
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  
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