Guest Robe1835 Posted May 21, 2008 Posted May 21, 2008 hi! there. i'm trying to do a quick restore on my system using quick restore cd's but ramdrive is not reading those, I also did a system reboot using win98 floopy disk and did a delete partition then did a new partition after that did a format to formate C: and D: drives and I still can get it to read quick restore cd's to complete windows installation, is there any way you can help. thanks in advance. Robert
Guest Don Phillipson Posted May 21, 2008 Posted May 21, 2008 Re: win98 "Robe1835" <Robe1835@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:327569E0-EE7E-4E0E-8B52-17BB85ECECD9@microsoft.com... > hi! there. i'm trying to do a quick restore on my system using quick restore > cd's but ramdrive is not reading those, I also did a system reboot using > win98 floopy disk and did a delete partition then did a new partition after > that did a format to formate C: and D: drives and I still can get it to read > quick restore cd's to complete windows installation, is there any way you can > help. thanks in advance. Robert 1. Do some homework at http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html because you need reliable checklists etc. There may be important differences between customized Restore CDs and standard installation CDs. 2. The reference to RAMdrives reading CDs is wrong. You may need to run disk diagnostics for your brand of hard drive, and replace the drive if unreliable. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted May 21, 2008 Posted May 21, 2008 Re: win98 How about a make/model? Most Restore CDs are bootable. What does yours look like? The label of the CD, I mean. Why did you format D:? What was on it? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Robe1835" <Robe1835@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:327569E0-EE7E-4E0E-8B52-17BB85ECECD9@microsoft.com... > hi! there. i'm trying to do a quick restore on my system using quick > restore > cd's but ramdrive is not reading those, I also did a system reboot using > win98 floopy disk and did a delete partition then did a new partition > after > that did a format to formate C: and D: drives and I still can get it to > read > quick restore cd's to complete windows installation, is there any way you > can > help. thanks in advance. Robert
Guest Jeff Richards Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 Re: win98 You need to provide the description of what you are doing before the error message appears, step by step, and then the exact error message, verbatim. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Robe1835" <Robe1835@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:327569E0-EE7E-4E0E-8B52-17BB85ECECD9@microsoft.com... > hi! there. i'm trying to do a quick restore on my system using quick > restore > cd's but ramdrive is not reading those, I also did a system reboot using > win98 floopy disk and did a delete partition then did a new partition > after > that did a format to formate C: and D: drives and I still can get it to > read > quick restore cd's to complete windows installation, is there any way you > can > help. thanks in advance. Robert
Guest PCR Posted May 24, 2008 Posted May 24, 2008 Re: win98 Robe1835 wrote: | hi! there. i'm trying to do a quick restore on my system using quick | restore cd's but ramdrive is not reading those, I also did a system | reboot using win98 floopy disk and did a delete partition then did a | new partition after that did a format to formate C: and D: drives and | I still can get it to read quick restore cd's to complete windows | installation, is there any way you can help. thanks in advance. Robert Ramdrive? Do you mean the CD-ROM drive? Here is how mine went... Well, I don't know whether it would be the same for you, but this is what I did on my Compaq 7470. Remember, this totally wiped out everything & restored to factory default condition. This does an Fdisk, so, if you want to backup first, it must be done to CD or another HDD altogether. It took a phone call or two to Compaq to run my QuickRestore from double CD's after an HDD crash, since the instructions that came with the them were lacking. They are bootable-- BUT I couldn't figure out how to get them into the CD-R/W drive. It was dumbfounding. Here's the actual process: 1. Turn on computer. (So that you'll be able to... 2. Open CD tray; put in CD 1; close tray. 3. Turn computer off, then on. CD will boot. (Computer did stuff, some of it twice, maybe. How long?) 4. When asked to insert a Diskette, hold down CTRL and press "R" three times. (Big secret? Lucky the guy was still on the line; he wanted to go; eventually, he did.) 5. At the error message (something like "Not ready reading drive N"), hit "R" for "Retry". (This took a second phone call; he said sometimes it takes 3 Retry's.) 6. When prompted, put in QuickRestore CD 2. 7. When prompted, put in QuickRestore CD 1, again. 8. When prompted, remove it. (Windows screen came up; it seemed to go back to DOS; it rebooted to Windows again; it did some unzipping; it rebooted; it did a SystemSave; it rebooted; it installed some drivers; it asked some questions, and I told all.) That's what I wrote, some of it from memory, during & after the process. The only other item in my notes is, "NEVER NEEDED ANY DISKETTE", capitalized. I remember wondering what that diskette asked for was supposed to be. I don't remember how much time passed between steps; overall, I believe it was less than an hour, maybe much less. This QuickRestore, to "factory", from the CDs, is far more involved than the one from the D: partition. I don't really want to do it again. So many reboots! And I may have left some out in the notes! There is a lot to like about Compaq, but QuickRestore from CD's is not one of them... well, it did work, though. I hope I haven't given away a big secret. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, Should things get worse after this, PCR pcrrcp@netzero.net
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