DISK PARTITIONS

[obed mubaiwa]

HIE THERE EVERYONE! HELP ME FIX THIS ONE.

I HAVE THIS AUWA MULTIMEDIA NOTEBOOK FITTED WITH A 2167MB HARD DISK MADE BY TOSHIBA CORPORATION. ITS DESCRIPTION GOES LIKE THIS:


TYPE CODE 45
#CYLINDERS 4200
#HEADS 16
SECTORS/TRACKS 63
LANDING ZONE 0
WRITE PRECOMP 0
SIZE MB 2167.

NOW FOLKS, THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN I TRY TO BOOT IT THE BIOS SAYS:

"S2D PARTITION SIGNATURE NOT FOUND" AND BEEPS ONCE BEFORE CARRYING ON TO SAY "INVALID PARTITION TABLE".

NEXT I TRIED TO SETUP THE OS (WINNT) WITH BOOT DISKS AND THEN I COME TO A POINT WHERE I AM TOLD THIS BY SETUP:

"SETUP IS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE HARD DRIVE PARTITION PREPARED BY THE MS-DOS PORTION OF SETUP. WHEN YOU RUN THE MS-DOS WINDOWS NT SETUP PROGRAM YOU MUST SPECIFY A TEMPORARY DRIVE THAT IS SUPPORTED BY WINDOWS NT. SEE YOUR SYSTEM GUIDE FOR MORE INFORMATION."

NOW FOLKS I DONT HAVE THAT SYSTEM GUIDE. ANYBODY OUT THERE TO ASSIST?

THANKS IN ADVANCE
OBED.

[Ghost_Hacker]

First use Fdisk to see what partitions are on the hard drive. Make sure you have a "FAT" C drive. If not repartion and reformat. If the partition is there run "fdisk /mbr" to fix the Master boot record.


The error your getting "S2D PARTITION SIGNATURE NOT FOUND"
means that the suspend partition can't be found. So you may need to repartition and reformat anyway no matter what fdisk tells you.

Good Luck http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif