Memtest86, then HD won't boot.

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Fri Dec 29 19:40:00 2000

I downloaded the Memtest86 program and ran it on my HP Pavillion (typical
K6-2 366 w98 box) and it passed after an all night run.

Trouble is now the darn thing won't boot from the hard drive, reporting NO
OS. The hard drive just clicks for a minute or so, then I get the No OS
message. I have booted from a floppy, and plan to try booting from the CD,
but looks like I may be making a trip to Fry's et al for a dose of Norton
or some such to try and repair it. OTOH tomorrow is TRW hamfest, so I bet I
can pick up something cheap.

This is more of a warning than asking for help, but I will list a few
details in case something is obvious.

Memtest86 downloads to a folder with rawwrite, a .bin image, and a
installer script that looks like it runs with a MS installer of some kind
in a DOS window. It took me a couple tries to get a good floppy formatted
and Memtest86 installed and working on it (you install to a floppy and boot
from it), but about the third try a typical DOS looking text screen came
up, and I set the test to running and left it all night.

This morning I selected Exit from the test, and the hard drive started
making a clicking resetting sound and hasn't worked correctly since.

I have to wait for the HD to time out, then I can go into setup, which I
did selecting load defaults and reseting the configuration. No change.

Booting from a W98 floppy, scandisk doesn't see a drive and I haven't been
willing to mess with it much via fdisk.

Like I said, not really a call for help, just a this is what I did and
where it got me, so be carefull with memtest86.
Received on Fri Dec 29 2000 - 19:40:00 GMT