Help - RunTime Error R6003 - Integer Divide By 0

[Guest]

I am trying to resurrect a friends PC by installing a new hard drive. I got
a used one that has been "tested and verified" but on Linux, not Windows.
The PC stops and posts a "Run-Time Error R6003 - Integer Divide By 0" error
during boot. The debugging info I have gotten from the web suggests a
problem with BIOS settings namely that virus detection is enabled in BIOS.

Can any one enlighten me further on this problem? i.e. what is going on
here? how do I get around it? The PC in question is an older one with a
Pentium ll and 256MB RAM as I recall, the BIOS options are fairly limited
and I don't recall anything in BIOS that affects virus detection.

I've been trying to install Win98ME when I get this error but I also have XP
Home that I can use instead. Will this OS make a difference?
Thanks,
Bob

 

[Paul]

I am trying to resurrect a friends PC by installing a new hard drive. I got
a used one that has been "tested and verified" but on Linux, not Windows.
The PC stops and posts a "Run-Time Error R6003 - Integer Divide By 0" error
during boot. The debugging info I have gotten from the web suggests a
problem with BIOS settings namely that virus detection is enabled in BIOS.

Can any one enlighten me further on this problem? i.e. what is going on
here? how do I get around it? The PC in question is an older one with a
Pentium ll and 256MB RAM as I recall, the BIOS options are fairly limited
and I don't recall anything in BIOS that affects virus detection.

I've been trying to install Win98ME when I get this error but I also have XP
Home that I can use instead. Will this OS make a difference?
Thanks,
Bob

If you run out of other things to try, you can try the following:

1) Connect _only_ the dodgy drive.
2) Set up the boot order to boot from a floppy.
Or CD if you use the CD version.
3) Get a copy of DBAN and use as few passes as possible to
do an erase of the drive (quick erase?).

http://dban.sourceforge.net/

That may clean anything objectionable off the drive.

More info here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20040827144325/http://www.cipherserver.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=280

Paul

 

[pen]

I am trying to resurrect a friends PC by installing a new hard drive. I got
a used one that has been "tested and verified" but on Linux, not Windows.
The PC stops and posts a "Run-Time Error R6003 - Integer Divide By 0" error
during boot. The debugging info I have gotten from the web suggests a
problem with BIOS settings namely that virus detection is enabled in BIOS.

Can any one enlighten me further on this problem? i.e. what is going on
here? how do I get around it? The PC in question is an older one with a
Pentium ll and 256MB RAM as I recall, the BIOS options are fairly limited
and I don't recall anything in BIOS that affects virus detection.

I've been trying to install Win98ME when I get this error but I also have
XP Home that I can use instead. Will this OS make a difference?
Thanks,
Bob

Run-Time Error R6003 seems to be due to Boot sector virus detection
being turned on in the BIOS. Turn it off.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q296168