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From: user on 23 Jan 2007 16:36 "Otter" <konrad(a)lorenz.net> wrote in message news:51ncgoF1krb5pU1(a)mid.individual.net... > In news:12rcuoiat063hf1(a)corp.supernews.com, > Clockmeister <whowhere(a)andwhy.com> typed: > > "Otter" <konrad(a)lorenz.net> wrote in message > > news:51g492F1jm33qU1(a)mid.individual.net... > >> In > >> news:45b2d104$0$11210$61c65585(a)uv-55king-reader-01.melbourne.pipenetworks.com.au, > >> atec" <"atec77 <"atec77 "@hotmail.com> typed: > >>> Kate wrote: > >>>> "lynx" <none(a)nothere.com> wrote in message > >>>> news:8bosh.3720$u8.2627(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > >>>>> atec wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I want to use it for. And I find that USB doesn't always work with > >>>>> Win98 even with the drivers loaded. > >>>> > >>>> That's because you are a tool. So suck eggs. > >>> > >>> > >>> Obviously you have more sucking experience > >>>> > >>>> Now I hope that this DOES help. > >>> it didn't > >>>> > >>>> ha ha!! > >>>> > >>> > >>> he who laffs last is usually an idiot . > >> > >> > >> But a happy idiot. You'd be the unhappy one. > > > > Unhappy because he's the village idiot. > > He's got some serious competition. > Almost certainly from yourself.
From: Clockmeister on 23 Jan 2007 16:51 "Otter" <konrad(a)lorenz.net> wrote in message news:51ncgoF1krb5pU1(a)mid.individual.net... > In news:12rcuoiat063hf1(a)corp.supernews.com, > Clockmeister <whowhere(a)andwhy.com> typed: >> "Otter" <konrad(a)lorenz.net> wrote in message >> news:51g492F1jm33qU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>> In >>> news:45b2d104$0$11210$61c65585(a)uv-55king-reader-01.melbourne.pipenetworks.com.au, >>> atec" <"atec77 <"atec77 "@hotmail.com> typed: >>>> Kate wrote: >>>>> "lynx" <none(a)nothere.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:8bosh.3720$u8.2627(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >>>>>> atec wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I want to use it for. And I find that USB doesn't always work with >>>>>> Win98 even with the drivers loaded. >>>>> >>>>> That's because you are a tool. So suck eggs. >>>> >>>> >>>> Obviously you have more sucking experience >>>>> >>>>> Now I hope that this DOES help. >>>> it didn't >>>>> >>>>> ha ha!! >>>>> >>>> >>>> he who laffs last is usually an idiot . >>> >>> >>> But a happy idiot. You'd be the unhappy one. >> >> Unhappy because he's the village idiot. > > He's got some serious competition. Only from you.
From: Otter on 23 Jan 2007 21:54 In news:45b68032$0$5746$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au, user <noemail.com> typed: > "Otter" <konrad(a)lorenz.net> wrote in message > news:51ncgoF1krb5pU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> In news:12rcuoiat063hf1(a)corp.supernews.com, >> Clockmeister <whowhere(a)andwhy.com> typed: >>> "Otter" <konrad(a)lorenz.net> wrote in message >>> news:51g492F1jm33qU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>> In >>>> news:45b2d104$0$11210$61c65585(a)uv-55king-reader-01.melbourne.pipenetworks.com.au, >>>> atec" <"atec77 <"atec77 "@hotmail.com> typed: >>>>> Kate wrote: >>>>>> "lynx" <none(a)nothere.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:8bosh.3720$u8.2627(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >>>>>>> atec wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I want to use it for. And I find that USB doesn't always work >>>>>>> with Win98 even with the drivers loaded. >>>>>> >>>>>> That's because you are a tool. So suck eggs. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Obviously you have more sucking experience >>>>>> >>>>>> Now I hope that this DOES help. >>>>> it didn't >>>>>> >>>>>> ha ha!! >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> he who laffs last is usually an idiot . >>>> >>>> >>>> But a happy idiot. You'd be the unhappy one. >>> >>> Unhappy because he's the village idiot. >> >> He's got some serious competition. >> > > Almost certainly from yourself. I point out to you that I am happy. < see if he can see the conundrum, much less work it out >
From: Otter on 23 Jan 2007 21:56 In news:12rd0lughgrmib4(a)corp.supernews.com, Clockmeister <whowhere(a)andwhy.com> typed: > "Otter" <konrad(a)lorenz.net> wrote in message > news:51ncgoF1krb5pU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> In news:12rcuoiat063hf1(a)corp.supernews.com, >> Clockmeister <whowhere(a)andwhy.com> typed: >>> "Otter" <konrad(a)lorenz.net> wrote in message >>> news:51g492F1jm33qU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>> In >>>> news:45b2d104$0$11210$61c65585(a)uv-55king-reader-01.melbourne.pipenetworks.com.au, >>>> atec" <"atec77 <"atec77 "@hotmail.com> typed: >>>>> Kate wrote: >>>>>> "lynx" <none(a)nothere.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:8bosh.3720$u8.2627(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >>>>>>> atec wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I want to use it for. And I find that USB doesn't always work >>>>>>> with Win98 even with the drivers loaded. >>>>>> >>>>>> That's because you are a tool. So suck eggs. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Obviously you have more sucking experience >>>>>> >>>>>> Now I hope that this DOES help. >>>>> it didn't >>>>>> >>>>>> ha ha!! >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> he who laffs last is usually an idiot . >>>> >>>> >>>> But a happy idiot. You'd be the unhappy one. >>> >>> Unhappy because he's the village idiot. >> >> He's got some serious competition. > > Only from you. You might like to confer with user. (One brain cell is better than none.)
From: Rod Speed on 26 Jan 2007 04:18
lynx <none(a)nothere.com> wrote: > Rod Speed wrote: > >> lynx <none(a)nothere.com> wrote: >> >>> atec wrote: >>> >>>> lynx wrote: >>>> >>>>> atec wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> lynx wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> G'day all. I've been having trouble with a drive. the system >>>>>>> won't boot with the drive in place, as a slave or master, >>>>>>> regardless of the system used, or the computer. I can't run any >>>>>>> 'fix it' programs eg. Norton's, as the computer won't boot even >>>>>>> to cdrom. However, I managed to get it to boot with a Seatools >>>>>>> floppy (took ages) and that reported that it couldn't read the >>>>>>> MBR. How can I fix this drive problem, if it's even fixable? I >>>>>>> can erase the drive if necessary. thanx. >>>>>>> >>>>>> It's a 10 gig ? >>>>>> >>>>> Well I am running cutting edge technology... >>>>> >>>>>> unless you have valuable data why bother >>>>>> >>>>> I use it to transfer data between computers or some backups. >>>>> >>>>>> when plugged in I gather the machine wont post ? >>>>>> >>>>>> in one word shagged . >>>>>> >>>>> Ok. I have checked on the net, and found that I should be able to >>>>> fix it using FDISK/mbr, but then here's what happens: The computer >>>>> starts to boot from the floppy, then the hard drive is being >>>>> accessed with a noise like >>>>> drrr...drrr...drrr...drrr...drrr...drrr, and that repeats about >>>>> three or four times, during which the drive power led is on >>>>> constantly. Then when that stops, the drive power led goes off, >>>>> and the computer continues to boot. Then when I run FDISK/mbr it >>>>> reports 'the MBR boot code has not been updated'. So I'm guessing >>>>> a very nasty virus, or a the drive has carked it? >>>> Ok so it posts . go to the maxtor site and download maxllf which >>>> should clean the drive completly ( there are other tools) if it >>>> doesn't make it possible to fdisk and format it is shagged , but >>>> you might be lucky . >>>> >>> Ok, I've run it. After quite some time it reports 'error reading >>> partition table drive 00 sector 0'. Then after a while the same >>> message again. Then it produced a menu, and when I ran the llformat >>> it soon returned with 'device timeout'. Running llformat again (from >>> the menu) i then got 'error bit set. Status Register: 1h Error >>> Register: 4h'. Re-running again (several times) produced the same >>> message. (well I get full marks for persistence!) So is this the >>> point where I throw it in the bin? - ceremoniously of course. >>> >> >> Try the hard drive manufacturer's diag before you bin it. > What would that be? It's a Quantum drive. Maxtor's PowerMax. They bought out Quantum. >> It should be possible to force the drive to reallocate that sector >> be writing to that sector. |