Re: Uncorrectable data error...

But I'm confused. This happened to a WORKING copy of XP, didn't it? The
SATA drivers would have been installed and working.

Tom
"Dan" <jasdfosd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> SATA RAID drivers are available off dell.com. If you have a second
> internet-accessible computer you can download the files and create a
> set of floppy disks. Of course, not having a floppy drive in the 8400
> is a significant obstacle to this plan. Like someone said in an
> earlier thread, hopefully Dell slip-streamed these drivers into your
> XP reinstall CD and your HD will be detected when you boot to the CD.
> Otherwise if no HD is detected, you can't do too much.
>
> Wish I was nearby, I have about 20 of the 3.5" drives in my basement.
> Maybe when the zip-drive patents expire in a couple of years they'll
> start installing those in computers.
>
> Another wonderful floppyless experience brought to you from the
> far-sighted designers at dell. We're also adding a Maxtor HD with bad
> sectors (ie dying hard drive) to the mix ;P It just keeps getting
> better....
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 16:51:22 GMT, "Dave P @ AeroLogic <dpinella@"
> <"NOSPAM>cinci.rr.com"> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Glenn Banwell wrote:
>>
>>> "Tom Scales" ?tomtoo@xxxxxxxxxxxx? wrote in message
>>> news:0vpbf.185600$xl6.135097@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> ?
>>> ? "Glenn Banwell" ?postmaster@xxxxxxxxx? wrote in message
>>> ? news:CNnbf.1874$Lw5.1155@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> ??
>>> ?? "Dave P @ AeroLogic ?dpinella@ cinci.rr.com ?" ?"NOSPAM? wrote in
>>> message
>>> ?? news:b3nbf.121507$tD4.9758@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> ??? Hi,
>>> ???
>>> ??? My Dimension 8400 (running Win XP) is failing in the Dell
>>> diagnostics. I
>>> ??? was doing a defrag on the HD and it seemed to stop so I aborted it.
>>> Now
>>> ??? it won't boot and I can't boot from the Windows CD. It says it can't
>>> ??? find the hard drive.
>>> ???
>>> ??? 1) When booting from the HD (regular start up) I get an error about
>>> ??? HAL.DLL not being found.
>>> ???
>>> ??? 2) It won't boot from the CD and says the hard disk can't be found.
>>> I
>>> ??? thought I could do a Windows refresh or some such thing...
>>> ???
>>> ??? 3) I run the DELL diagnostic CD and it says: MSG Block 128960,
>>> ??? Uncorrectable Data Error on media or is write protected.
>>> ???
>>> ??? Anybody have any suggestions as to what to try?
>>> ???
>>> ??? Thanks!
>>> ???
>>> ??? Dave P
>>> ???
>>> ?? http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_haldll_missing.htm
>>> ??
>>> ??
>>> ?
>>> ? Don't most of these require the machine to boot?
>>> ?
>>> yeah you're right but I'd wager the reason his machine doesnt recognise
>>> the
>>> HD when trying to boot from CD is that he hasnt hit F6 to install the
>>> SATA
>>> drivers from floppy?
>>>
>>> Doing that and then selecting the Repair Windows option might be enough
>>> to
>>> get him up and running.
>>
>>I now hit F6 and I see where the floppy is requested... I'm not up on the
>>acronym SATA and don't have any floppy's since none came with the machine.
>>Can I
>>get these off of the web? Is it Maxtor HD stuff?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>
>


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