I have an old hard drive and when I try to format it
there is an error that reads "windows could not start
because of the following ARC firmware boot configuratiion
problem: did not properly generate ARC name for HAL and
system paths, check for ARC configuration optioons"

Thanks

Silver,
This probaboy won't help you, but I got this by doing a
search on "ARC": "The ARC data compression format, created
by Systems Enhancement Associates, is particularly popular
among bulletin board systems (BBSs). Files that have been
compressed with an ARC utility end with a.ARC extension.
To decompress them, you need a utility called ARC-E
(stands for arc-extract)."

Milt


>-----Original Message-----
>I have an old hard drive and when I try to format it
>there is an error that reads "windows could not start
>because of the following ARC firmware boot configuratiion
>problem: did not properly generate ARC name for HAL and
>system paths, check for ARC configuration optioons"
>
>Thanks
>.
>

This has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with file compression.. it is a different
ARC.. lol

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"Milt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:089301c39a56$bca10500$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Silver,
> This probaboy won't help you, but I got this by doing a
> search on "ARC": "The ARC data compression format, created
> by Systems Enhancement Associates, is particularly popular
> among bulletin board systems (BBSs). Files that have been
> compressed with an ARC utility end with a.ARC extension.
> To decompress them, you need a utility called ARC-E
> (stands for arc-extract)."
>
> Milt
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I have an old hard drive and when I try to format it
> >there is an error that reads "windows could not start
> >because of the following ARC firmware boot configuratiion
> >problem: did not properly generate ARC name for HAL and
> >system paths, check for ARC configuration optioons"
> >
> >Thanks
> >.
> >

Greetings --

It sounds like you have two conflicting primary active partitions.
Have you ensured that the drive is jumpered properly for the specific
connection configuration you're using? Does the BIOS recognize the
drive properly?

Bruce Chambers

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"Silver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0c7c01c39a44$90e6e310$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have an old hard drive and when I try to format it
> there is an error that reads "windows could not start
> because of the following ARC firmware boot configuratiion
> problem: did not properly generate ARC name for HAL and
> system paths, check for ARC configuration optioons"
>
> Thanks

Greetings --

It's a different ARC. ;-}

BOOT.INI and ARC Path Naming Conventions and Usage
http://support.microsoft.com/directo...;EN-US;Q102873

Bruce Chambers

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"Milt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:089301c39a56$bca10500$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Silver,
> This probaboy won't help you, but I got this by doing a
> search on "ARC": "The ARC data compression format, created
> by Systems Enhancement Associates, is particularly popular
> among bulletin board systems (BBSs). Files that have been
> compressed with an ARC utility end with a.ARC extension.
> To decompress them, you need a utility called ARC-E
> (stands for arc-extract)."
>
> Milt
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I have an old hard drive and when I try to format it
> >there is an error that reads "windows could not start
> >because of the following ARC firmware boot configuratiion
> >problem: did not properly generate ARC name for HAL and
> >system paths, check for ARC configuration optioons"
> >
> >Thanks
> >.
> >

Thanks: Milt, Mike and Bruce, I have a stupid question is
Windows NT same as Windows XP, because that article
refers to Windows NT only, and after that if that article
applies, what do I do if I can't start the computer.


>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings --
>
> It sounds like you have two conflicting primary
active partitions.
>Have you ensured that the drive is jumpered properly for
the specific
>connection configuration you're using? Does the BIOS
recognize the
>drive properly?
>
>Bruce Chambers
>
>--
>Help us help you:
>http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't
ever count on
>having both at once. -- RAH
>
>
>"Silver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>news:0c7c01c39a44$90e6e310$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I have an old hard drive and when I try to format it
>> there is an error that reads "windows could not start
>> because of the following ARC firmware boot
configuratiion
>> problem: did not properly generate ARC name for HAL and
>> system paths, check for ARC configuration optioons"
>>
>> Thanks
>
>
>.
>