Re: A7N8X-X hangs at DMI pool verification


"Mistoffolees" <mistyfac01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Draggonfodder wrote:
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>> "GHalleck" <ghalleck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>Draggonfodder wrote:
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>>>>I goofed. I bought a new HD (segate 120 gig) and booted from my XP pro
>>>>disk for install. I then decided not to format from the XP pro disk as
>>>>I have had problems in the past getting the full size of the HD. So I
>>>>aborted, put in my Segate Utilities CD and rebooted. It hangs at
>>>>"Verifying DMI Pool Data". I have tried everything (rebooting,
>>>>resetting BIOS, etc.) Any suggestions??? Yes, I tried putting the xp
>>>>pro cd back in...
>>>>
>>>>John
>>>
>>>Some reference material:
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>>>http://www.duxcw.com/faq/computer/dmi.html
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>>>http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000474.htm
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>>>http://home.earthlink.net/~leetutor/FixWin/UpDown/hangat.htm
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>>>Good luck.
>>>
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>> Thanks, after great knashing of teeth and serious prayer... I
>> disconnected my zip100 drive and all is well. Don't know why it did what
>> it did, but all works...
>>
>> John
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> That's interesting. What kind of ZIP drive - ATAPI-IDE?
> Perhaps it was its track ID information or its electronics
> card was sending a false code back to the bios.
>

ATAPI-IDE connected as the secondary drive on my primary. I believe when I
aborted the xp pro install, MS was mad at me ;-)..

John


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