EZbios writes to drive it was not installed on.

  • Thread starter Thread starter Nomen Nescio
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Nomen Nescio

(problems with newsever, sigh, hope formating is readable)

EZ-Bios apparently wrote to a secondary slave drive that I never
installed it on. This is on an old win31 system. I had EZ bios installed
on an 8GB drive and the other drive was slave, 512MB which I never installed
ez-bios on because the bios can recognize that size drive.

So I took ez-bios off the big drive, since I was going to use it in
another system; now I get "initalizing hard drive".... bios cannot detect
you hard drive settings-for the smaller drive, which is now set to
primary boot drive. I can get it to boot by hitting Ctrl-Escape, coming
out of the ezbios diskette and everything works. Below is the readouts
I get from MBscan and partinfo. Looks like ezbios wrote to the boot sector

of the slave drive even when I never told it to modify that drive.

How do I get this small drive to boot again without the bios errors?
If I set the bios to the drive's chs values that are printed on the drive
it still cannot detect the drive and neither will "auto".

I am lousy at math, so I really do not know how to interpret the values
below and decide what to do. Can anyone help? Thanks.

****

MBRSCAN V1.1 Copyright (C) 1995,1999 by Nobumichi Kozawa
Non-LBA mode
DRV:00 CC=0050h(80), HH=02h(2), SS=12h(18), BLKS=B40h(2880)

1 - Master Boot Record (0000h-00h-01h)
0000: EB 3C 90 4D 53 44 4F 53-35 2E 30 00 02 01 01 00 [ ë<MSDOS5.0
]
0010: 02 E0 00 40 0B F0 09 00-12 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 [ à @ ð
]
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 29 D4-12 20 3C 4E 4F 20 4E 41 [ )Ô <NO NA
]
0030: 4D 45 20 20 20 20 46 41-54 31 32 20 20 20 FA 33 [ ME FAT12 ú3
]
0040: C0 8E D0 BC 00 7C 16 07-BB 78 00 36 C5 37 1E 56 [ ÀŽÐ¼ | »x 6Å7 V
]
0050: 16 53 BF 3E 7C B9 0B 00-FC F3 A4 06 1F C6 45 FE [ S¿>|¹ üó¤ ÆEþ
]
0060: 0F 8B 0E 18 7C 88 4D F9-89 47 02 C7 07 3E 7C FB [ ‹ |ˆMù‰G Ç >|û
]
0070: CD 13 72 79 33 C0 39 06-13 7C 74 08 8B 0E 13 7C [ Í ry3À9 |t ‹ |
]
0080: 89 0E 20 7C A0 10 7C F7-26 16 7C 03 06 1C 7C 13 [ ‰ |  |÷& | |
]
0090: 16 1E 7C 03 06 0E 7C 83-D2 00 A3 50 7C 89 16 52 [ | |ƒÒ £P|‰ R
]
00A0: 7C A3 49 7C 89 16 4B 7C-B8 20 00 F7 26 11 7C 8B [ |£I|‰ K|¸ ÷& |‹
]
00B0: 1E 0B 7C 03 C3 48 F7 F3-01 06 49 7C 83 16 4B 7C [ | ÃH÷ó I|ƒ K|
]
00C0: 00 BB 00 05 8B 16 52 7C-A1 50 7C E8 92 00 72 1D [ » ‹ R|¡P|è’ r
]
00D0: B0 01 E8 AC 00 72 16 8B-FB B9 0B 00 BE E6 7D F3 [ ° è¬ r ‹û¹ ¾æ}ó
]
00E0: A6 75 0A 8D 7F 20 B9 0B-00 F3 A6 74 18 BE 9E 7D [ ¦u  ¹ ó¦t ¾ž}
]
00F0: E8 5F 00 33 C0 CD 16 5E-1F 8F 04 8F 44 02 CD 19 [ è_ 3ÀÍ ^ D Í
]
0100: 58 58 58 EB E8 8B 47 1A-48 48 8A 1E 0D 7C 32 FF [ XXXëè‹G HHŠ |2ÿ
]
0110: F7 E3 03 06 49 7C 13 16-4B 7C BB 00 07 B9 03 00 [ ÷ã I| K|» ¹
]
0120: 50 52 51 E8 3A 00 72 D8-B0 01 E8 54 00 59 5A 58 [ PRQè: rØ° èT YZX
]
0130: 72 BB 05 01 00 83 D2 00-03 1E 0B 7C E2 E2 8A 2E [ r» ƒÒ |ââŠ.
]
0140: 15 7C 8A 16 24 7C 8B 1E-49 7C A1 4B 7C EA 00 00 [ |Š $|‹ I|¡K|ê
]
0150: 70 00 AC 0A C0 74 29 B4-0E BB 07 00 CD 10 EB F2 [ p ¬ Àt)´ » Í ëò
]
0160: 3B 16 18 7C 73 19 F7 36-18 7C FE C2 88 16 4F 7C [ ; |s ÷6 |þˆ O|
]
0170: 33 D2 F7 36 1A 7C 88 16-25 7C A3 4D 7C F8 C3 F9 [ 3Ò÷6 |ˆ %|£M|øÃù
]
0180: C3 B4 02 8B 16 4D 7C B1-06 D2 E6 0A 36 4F 7C 8B [ ô ‹ M|± Òæ 6O|‹
]
0190: CA 86 E9 8A 16 24 7C 8A-36 25 7C CD 13 C3 0D 0A [ Ê†éŠ $|Š6%|Í Ã
]
01A0: 4E 6F 6E 2D 53 79 73 74-65 6D 20 64 69 73 6B 20 [ Non-System disk
]
01B0: 6F 72 20 64 69 73 6B 20-65 72 72 6F 72 0D 0A 52 [ or disk error R
]
01C0: 65 70 6C 61 63 65 20 61-6E 64 20 70 72 65 73 73 [ eplace and press
]
01D0: 20 61 6E 79 20 6B 65 79-20 77 68 65 6E 20 72 65 [ any key when re
]
01E0: 61 64 79 0D 0A 00 49 4F-20 20 20 20 20 20 53 59 [ ady IO SY
]
01F0: 53 4D 53 44 4F 53 20 20-20 53 59 53 00 00 55 AA [ SMSDOS SYS Uª
]

1 - Partition table entry = 0 << UNKOWN >>
01BE: 0A 52 65 70 6C 61 63 65-20 61 6E 64 20 70 72 65 [ Replace and pre
]
ST HH CS CC ID hh cs cc START-SEC NUMBER-SEC
+0 0A STATUS: Unknown
+1 52 65 70 START CYL-HEAD-SECTOR: 170h-52h-25h (368-82-37)
+4 6C PARTITION ID: UNKOWN
+5 61 63 65 END CYL-HEAD-SECTOR: 165h-61h-23h (357-97-35)
+8 646E6120 START SECTOR: 1684955424
+C 65727020 NUMBER OF SECTORS: 1701998624

1-0 UNKOWN Boot Record (0170h-52h-25h)
0000: 00 00 00 00 02 3A 05 46-20 05 50 20 08 23 06 05 [ : F P #
]
0010: 0A 20 08 9A 05 08 8A 05-08 5A 05 06 0C FD 00 02 [ š Š Z ý
]
0020: 29 33 02 F0 02 34 3B 0D-1C 02 3C 44 00 3B 02 45 [ )3 ð 4; <D ; E
]
0030: 50 1B 01 00 00 01 0C FD-40 06 01 FD 21 01 43 4F [ P ý@ ý! CO
]
0040: 50 59 20 00 08 8F 06 01-61 73 00 05 38 20 05 50 [ PY as 8 P
]
0050: 20 08 23 06 05 0A 20 08-9A 05 08 8A 05 08 5A 05 [ # š Š Z
]
0060: 06 1A FD 00 02 29 33 02-F0 02 34 3B 0D 1C 02 3C [ ý )3 ð 4; <
]
0070: 44 00 3B 02 45 50 1B 01-00 00 01 1A FD 0C 06 01 [ D ; EP ý
]
0080: FD 21 01 44 75 70 6C 69-63 61 74 65 20 70 61 74 [ ý! Duplicate pat
]
0090: 68 73 20 61 6E 64 20 43-4F 50 59 20 00 08 8F 06 [ hs and COPY
]
00A0: 01 61 73 00 05 24 20 05-50 20 08 23 06 05 0A 20 [ as $ P #
]
00B0: 08 9A 05 08 8A 05 08 5A-05 06 2E FD 00 02 29 33 [ š Š Z .ý )3
]
00C0: 02 F0 02 34 3B 0D 1C 02-3C 44 00 3B 02 45 50 1B [ ð 4; <D ; EP
]
00D0: 01 00 00 01 2E FD 0C 06-01 FD 21 06 01 FE 05 07 [ .ý ý! þ
]
00E0: 20 01 74 6F 3A 00 05 46-20 08 45 06 05 09 20 20 [ to: F E
]
00F0: 01 46 32 00 21 01 20 70-6F 69 6E 74 20 20 00 08 [ F2 ! point
]
0100: 9A 05 08 8A 05 08 5A 05-06 0C FE 00 02 1F 28 00 [ š Š Z þ (
]
0110: 3C 02 29 33 02 F0 02 34-3B 0D 1C 02 3C 44 00 3B [ < )3 ð 4; <D ;
]
0120: 02 45 50 1B 01 00 00 01-0C FE 43 06 01 FD 21 01 [ EP þC ý!
]
0130: 43 4F 50 59 49 4E 47 3A-20 00 20 05 45 20 21 01 [ COPYING: E !
]
0140: 20 20 00 05 05 20 01 74-6F 3A 20 00 20 05 45 20 [ to: E
]
0150: 21 01 20 20 00 05 45 20-08 38 05 06 0A FD 00 02 [ ! E 8 ý
]
0160: 45 50 1B 01 00 00 03 0A-FD 45 0A FE 45 01 FF 43 [ EP ýE þE ÿC
]
0170: 06 01 FD 21 01 4D 4F 56-45 20 00 08 A3 06 02 3A [ ý! MOVE £ :
]
0180: 05 46 20 05 50 20 08 23-06 05 0A 20 08 9A 05 08 [ F P # š
]
0190: 8A 05 08 5A 05 06 0C FD-00 02 29 33 02 F0 02 34 [ Š Z ý )3 ð 4
]
01A0: 3B 0D 1C 02 3C 44 00 3B-02 45 50 1B 01 00 00 01 [ ; <D ; EP
]
01B0: 0C FD 0C 06 01 FD 21 01-4D 4F 56 45 20 00 08 8F [ ý ý! MOVE
]
01C0: 06 01 61 73 00 05 38 20-05 50 20 08 23 06 05 0A [ as 8 P #
]
01D0: 20 08 9A 05 08 8A 05 08-5A 05 06 1A FD 00 02 29 [ š Š Z ý )
]
01E0: 33 02 F0 02 34 3B 0D 1C-02 3C 44 00 3B 02 45 50 [ 3 ð 4; <D ; EP
]
01F0: 1B 01 00 00 01 1A FD 32-06 01 FD 21 01 44 75 70 [ ý2 ý! Dup
]

1 - Partition table entry = 1 << UNKOWN >>
01CE: 73 73 20 61 6E 79 20 6B-65 79 20 77 68 65 6E 20 [ ss any key when
]
ST HH CS CC ID hh cs cc START-SEC NUMBER-SEC
+0 73 STATUS: Unknown
+1 73 20 61 START CYL-HEAD-SECTOR: 061h-73h-20h (97-115-32)
+4 6E PARTITION ID: UNKOWN
+5 79 20 6B END CYL-HEAD-SECTOR: 06Bh-79h-20h (107-121-32)
+8 77207965 START SECTOR: 1998616933
+C 206E6568 NUMBER OF SECTORS: 544105832

1-1 UNKOWN Boot Record (0061h-73h-20h)
0000: 00 00 00 00 02 3A 05 46-20 05 50 20 08 23 06 05 [ : F P #
]
0010: 0A 20 08 9A 05 08 8A 05-08 5A 05 06 0C FD 00 02 [ š Š Z ý
]
0020: 29 33 02 F0 02 34 3B 0D-1C 02 3C 44 00 3B 02 45 [ )3 ð 4; <D ; E
]
0030: 50 1B 01 00 00 01 0C FD-40 06 01 FD 21 01 43 4F [ P ý@ ý! CO
]
0040: 50 59 20 00 08 8F 06 01-61 73 00 05 38 20 05 50 [ PY as 8 P
]
0050: 20 08 23 06 05 0A 20 08-9A 05 08 8A 05 08 5A 05 [ # š Š Z
]
0060: 06 1A FD 00 02 29 33 02-F0 02 34 3B 0D 1C 02 3C [ ý )3 ð 4; <
]
0070: 44 00 3B 02 45 50 1B 01-00 00 01 1A FD 0C 06 01 [ D ; EP ý
]
0080: FD 21 01 44 75 70 6C 69-63 61 74 65 20 70 61 74 [ ý! Duplicate pat
]
0090: 68 73 20 61 6E 64 20 43-4F 50 59 20 00 08 8F 06 [ hs and COPY
]
00A0: 01 61 73 00 05 24 20 05-50 20 08 23 06 05 0A 20 [ as $ P #
]
00B0: 08 9A 05 08 8A 05 08 5A-05 06 2E FD 00 02 29 33 [ š Š Z .ý )3
]
00C0: 02 F0 02 34 3B 0D 1C 02-3C 44 00 3B 02 45 50 1B [ ð 4; <D ; EP
]
00D0: 01 00 00 01 2E FD 0C 06-01 FD 21 06 01 FE 05 07 [ .ý ý! þ
]
00E0: 20 01 74 6F 3A 00 05 46-20 08 45 06 05 09 20 20 [ to: F E
]
00F0: 01 46 32 00 21 01 20 70-6F 69 6E 74 20 20 00 08 [ F2 ! point
]
0100: 9A 05 08 8A 05 08 5A 05-06 0C FE 00 02 1F 28 00 [ š Š Z þ (
]
0110: 3C 02 29 33 02 F0 02 34-3B 0D 1C 02 3C 44 00 3B [ < )3 ð 4; <D ;
]
0120: 02 45 50 1B 01 00 00 01-0C FE 43 06 01 FD 21 01 [ EP þC ý!
]
0130: 43 4F 50 59 49 4E 47 3A-20 00 20 05 45 20 21 01 [ COPYING: E !
]
0140: 20 20 00 05 05 20 01 74-6F 3A 20 00 20 05 45 20 [ to: E
]
0150: 21 01 20 20 00 05 45 20-08 38 05 06 0A FD 00 02 [ ! E 8 ý
]
0160: 45 50 1B 01 00 00 03 0A-FD 45 0A FE 45 01 FF 43 [ EP ýE þE ÿC
]
0170: 06 01 FD 21 01 4D 4F 56-45 20 00 08 A3 06 02 3A [ ý! MOVE £ :
]
0180: 05 46 20 05 50 20 08 23-06 05 0A 20 08 9A 05 08 [ F P # š
]
0190: 8A 05 08 5A 05 06 0C FD-00 02 29 33 02 F0 02 34 [ Š Z ý )3 ð 4
]
01A0: 3B 0D 1C 02 3C 44 00 3B-02 45 50 1B 01 00 00 01 [ ; <D ; EP
]
01B0: 0C FD 0C 06 01 FD 21 01-4D 4F 56 45 20 00 08 8F [ ý ý! MOVE
]
01C0: 06 01 61 73 00 05 38 20-05 50 20 08 23 06 05 0A [ as 8 P #
]
01D0: 20 08 9A 05 08 8A 05 08-5A 05 06 1A FD 00 02 29 [ š Š Z ý )
]
01E0: 33 02 F0 02 34 3B 0D 1C-02 3C 44 00 3B 02 45 50 [ 3 ð 4; <D ; EP
]
01F0: 1B 01 00 00 01 1A FD 32-06 01 FD 21 01 44 75 70 [ ý2 ý! Dup
]

1 - Partition table entry = 2 << UNKOWN >>
01DE: 72 65 61 64 79 0D 0A 00-49 4F 20 20 20 20 20 20 [ ready IO
]
ST HH CS CC ID hh cs cc START-SEC NUMBER-SEC
+0 72 STATUS: Unknown
+1 65 61 64 START CYL-HEAD-SECTOR: 164h-65h-21h (356-101-33)
+4 79 PARTITION ID: UNKOWN
+5 0D 0A 00 END CYL-HEAD-SECTOR: 000h-0Dh-0Ah (0-13-10)
+8 20204F49 START SECTOR: 538988361
+C 20202020 NUMBER OF SECTORS: 538976288

1-2 UNKOWN Boot Record (0164h-65h-21h)
0000: 00 00 00 00 02 3A 05 46-20 05 50 20 08 23 06 05 [ : F P #
]
0010: 0A 20 08 9A 05 08 8A 05-08 5A 05 06 0C FD 00 02 [ š Š Z ý
]
0020: 29 33 02 F0 02 34 3B 0D-1C 02 3C 44 00 3B 02 45 [ )3 ð 4; <D ; E
]
0030: 50 1B 01 00 00 01 0C FD-40 06 01 FD 21 01 43 4F [ P ý@ ý! CO
]
0040: 50 59 20 00 08 8F 06 01-61 73 00 05 38 20 05 50 [ PY as 8 P
]
0050: 20 08 23 06 05 0A 20 08-9A 05 08 8A 05 08 5A 05 [ # š Š Z
]
0060: 06 1A FD 00 02 29 33 02-F0 02 34 3B 0D 1C 02 3C [ ý )3 ð 4; <
]
0070: 44 00 3B 02 45 50 1B 01-00 00 01 1A FD 0C 06 01 [ D ; EP ý
]
0080: FD 21 01 44 75 70 6C 69-63 61 74 65 20 70 61 74 [ ý! Duplicate pat
]
0090: 68 73 20 61 6E 64 20 43-4F 50 59 20 00 08 8F 06 [ hs and COPY
]
00A0: 01 61 73 00 05 24 20 05-50 20 08 23 06 05 0A 20 [ as $ P #
]
00B0: 08 9A 05 08 8A 05 08 5A-05 06 2E FD 00 02 29 33 [ š Š Z .ý )3
]
00C0: 02 F0 02 34 3B 0D 1C 02-3C 44 00 3B 02 45 50 1B [ ð 4; <D ; EP
]
00D0: 01 00 00 01 2E FD 0C 06-01 FD 21 06 01 FE 05 07 [ .ý ý! þ
]
00E0: 20 01 74 6F 3A 00 05 46-20 08 45 06 05 09 20 20 [ to: F E
]
00F0: 01 46 32 00 21 01 20 70-6F 69 6E 74 20 20 00 08 [ F2 ! point
]
0100: 9A 05 08 8A 05 08 5A 05-06 0C FE 00 02 1F 28 00 [ š Š Z þ (
]
0110: 3C 02 29 33 02 F0 02 34-3B 0D 1C 02 3C 44 00 3B [ < )3 ð 4; <D ;
]
0120: 02 45 50 1B 01 00 00 01-0C FE 43 06 01 FD 21 01 [ EP þC ý!
]
0130: 43 4F 50 59 49 4E 47 3A-20 00 20 05 45 20 21 01 [ COPYING: E !
]
0140: 20 20 00 05 05 20 01 74-6F 3A 20 00 20 05 45 20 [ to: E
]
0150: 21 01 20 20 00 05 45 20-08 38 05 06 0A FD 00 02 [ ! E 8 ý
]
0160: 45 50 1B 01 00 00 03 0A-FD 45 0A FE 45 01 FF 43 [ EP ýE þE ÿC
]
0170: 06 01 FD 21 01 4D 4F 56-45 20 00 08 A3 06 02 3A [ ý! MOVE £ :
]
0180: 05 46 20 05 50 20 08 23-06 05 0A 20 08 9A 05 08 [ F P # š
]
0190: 8A 05 08 5A 05 06 0C FD-00 02 29 33 02 F0 02 34 [ Š Z ý )3 ð 4
]
01A0: 3B 0D 1C 02 3C 44 00 3B-02 45 50 1B 01 00 00 01 [ ; <D ; EP
]
01B0: 0C FD 0C 06 01 FD 21 01-4D 4F 56 45 20 00 08 8F [ ý ý! MOVE
]
01C0: 06 01 61 73 00 05 38 20-05 50 20 08 23 06 05 0A [ as 8 P #
]
01D0: 20 08 9A 05 08 8A 05 08-5A 05 06 1A FD 00 02 29 [ š Š Z ý )
]
01E0: 33 02 F0 02 34 3B 0D 1C-02 3C 44 00 3B 02 45 50 [ 3 ð 4; <D ; EP
]
01F0: 1B 01 00 00 01 1A FD 32-06 01 FD 21 01 44 75 70 [ ý2 ý! Dup
]

1 - Partition table entry = 3 << UNKOWN >>
01EE: 53 59 53 4D 53 44 4F 53-20 20 20 53 59 53 00 00 [ SYSMSDOS SYS
]
ST HH CS CC ID hh cs cc START-SEC NUMBER-SEC
+0 53 STATUS: Unknown
+1 59 53 4D START CYL-HEAD-SECTOR: 14Dh-59h-13h (333-89-19)
+4 53 PARTITION ID: UNKOWN
+5 44 4F 53 END CYL-HEAD-SECTOR: 153h-44h-0Fh (339-68-15)
+8 53202020 START SECTOR: 1394614304
+C 00005359 NUMBER OF SECTORS: 21337

1-3 UNKOWN Boot Record (014Dh-59h-13h)
0000: 00 00 00 00 02 3A 05 46-20 05 50 20 08 23 06 05 [ : F P #
]
0010: 0A 20 08 9A 05 08 8A 05-08 5A 05 06 0C FD 00 02 [ š Š Z ý
]
0020: 29 33 02 F0 02 34 3B 0D-1C 02 3C 44 00 3B 02 45 [ )3 ð 4; <D ; E
]
0030: 50 1B 01 00 00 01 0C FD-40 06 01 FD 21 01 43 4F [ P ý@ ý! CO
]
0040: 50 59 20 00 08 8F 06 01-61 73 00 05 38 20 05 50 [ PY as 8 P
]
0050: 20 08 23 06 05 0A 20 08-9A 05 08 8A 05 08 5A 05 [ # š Š Z
]
0060: 06 1A FD 00 02 29 33 02-F0 02 34 3B 0D 1C 02 3C [ ý )3 ð 4; <
]
0070: 44 00 3B 02 45 50 1B 01-00 00 01 1A FD 0C 06 01 [ D ; EP ý
]
0080: FD 21 01 44 75 70 6C 69-63 61 74 65 20 70 61 74 [ ý! Duplicate pat
]
0090: 68 73 20 61 6E 64 20 43-4F 50 59 20 00 08 8F 06 [ hs and COPY
]
00A0: 01 61 73 00 05 24 20 05-50 20 08 23 06 05 0A 20 [ as $ P #
]
00B0: 08 9A 05 08 8A 05 08 5A-05 06 2E FD 00 02 29 33 [ š Š Z .ý )3
]
00C0: 02 F0 02 34 3B 0D 1C 02-3C 44 00 3B 02 45 50 1B [ ð 4; <D ; EP
]
00D0: 01 00 00 01 2E FD 0C 06-01 FD 21 06 01 FE 05 07 [ .ý ý! þ
]
00E0: 20 01 74 6F 3A 00 05 46-20 08 45 06 05 09 20 20 [ to: F E
]
00F0: 01 46 32 00 21 01 20 70-6F 69 6E 74 20 20 00 08 [ F2 ! point
]
0100: 9A 05 08 8A 05 08 5A 05-06 0C FE 00 02 1F 28 00 [ š Š Z þ (
]
0110: 3C 02 29 33 02 F0 02 34-3B 0D 1C 02 3C 44 00 3B [ < )3 ð 4; <D ;
]
0120: 02 45 50 1B 01 00 00 01-0C FE 43 06 01 FD 21 01 [ EP þC ý!
]
0130: 43 4F 50 59 49 4E 47 3A-20 00 20 05 45 20 21 01 [ COPYING: E !
]
0140: 20 20 00 05 05 20 01 74-6F 3A 20 00 20 05 45 20 [ to: E
]
0150: 21 01 20 20 00 05 45 20-08 38 05 06 0A FD 00 02 [ ! E 8 ý
]
0160: 45 50 1B 01 00 00 03 0A-FD 45 0A FE 45 01 FF 43 [ EP ýE þE ÿC
]
0170: 06 01 FD 21 01 4D 4F 56-45 20 00 08 A3 06 02 3A [ ý! MOVE £ :
]
0180: 05 46 20 05 50 20 08 23-06 05 0A 20 08 9A 05 08 [ F P # š
]
0190: 8A 05 08 5A 05 06 0C FD-00 02 29 33 02 F0 02 34 [ Š Z ý )3 ð 4
]
01A0: 3B 0D 1C 02 3C 44 00 3B-02 45 50 1B 01 00 00 01 [ ; <D ; EP
]
01B0: 0C FD 0C 06 01 FD 21 01-4D 4F 56 45 20 00 08 8F [ ý ý! MOVE
]
01C0: 06 01 61 73 00 05 38 20-05 50 20 08 23 06 05 0A [ as 8 P #
]
01D0: 20 08 9A 05 08 8A 05 08-5A 05 06 1A FD 00 02 29 [ š Š Z ý )
]
01E0: 33 02 F0 02 34 3B 0D 1C-02 3C 44 00 3B 02 45 50 [ 3 ð 4; <D ; EP
]
01F0: 1B 01 00 00 01 1A FD 32-06 01 FD 21 01 44 75 70 [ ý2 ý! Dup
]
MBRS008 Geometry Unmatched. Assuming Head Counts = 62.
MBRS009 Geometry Unmatched. Assuming Number of Sector = 23.
MBRS010 Number of Blocks re-calculated. Blocks = 42FE0(12256l)

[ PARTITION MAP ]

START END
CCC-HH-SS CCC-HH-SS START BLOCKS
========= ========= ======== ========
1-0 : 170-52-25 165-61-23 646E6120 65727020 UNKOWN
MBRS012 START HEAD is usually 0x00 or 0x01.
MBRS013 START SECT should be 0x01.
1-1 : 061-73-20 06B-79-20 77207965 206E6568 UNKOWN
MBRS012 START HEAD is usually 0x00 or 0x01.
MBRS013 START SECT should be 0x01.
MBRS014 END HEAD should be 61.
MBRS015 END SECT should be 23.
1-2 : 164-65-21 000-0D-0A 20204F49 20202020 UNKOWN
MBRS012 START HEAD is usually 0x00 or 0x01.
MBRS013 START SECT should be 0x01.
MBRS014 END HEAD should be 61.
MBRS015 END SECT should be 23.
1-3 : 14D-59-13 153-44-0F 53202020 00005359 UNKOWN
MBRS012 START HEAD is usually 0x00 or 0x01.
MBRS013 START SECT should be 0x01.
MBRS014 END HEAD should be 61.
MBRS015 END SECT should be 23.

[ PARTITION MAP - LBA ]

ABSOLUTE PART-TABLE
START END START BLOCKS
======== ======== ======== ========
1-0 : 646E6120 C9E0D13F 646E6120 65727020 UNKOWN
1-1 : 77207965 978EDECC 77207965 206E6568 UNKOWN
1-2 : 20204F49 40406F68 20204F49 20202020 UNKOWN
1-3 : 53202020 53207378 53202020 00005359 UNKOWN

[ FREE SPACE ]

Primary : 00000023 - 00042FDF

****


PARTINFO 1.09
Copyright (C) 1996-2003, TeraByte Unlimited. All rights reserved.

Run date: 09/17/2005 13:17

====================================================================
MBR Partition Information (HD0):
+====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
| 0: | 80 | 0 1 1 | 6 | 521 31 63 | 63 | 1052289 |
| 1: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
+====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
File System ID: 0x6 LBA: 63 Total Sectors: 1052289 ID: 0x1
Jump: EB 3C 90
OEM Name: MSDOS5.0
Bytes Per Sec: 512
Sec Per Clust: 32
Res Sectors: 1
Num FATs: 2
Root Dir Ents: 512
Sectors: 0
Media: 0xF8
Secs Per FAT: 129
Sec Per Track: 63
Heads: 32
Hidden Secs: 63
Huge Sectors: 1052289
Drive Num: 0x80
Res: 0x0
Sig: 0x29
Vol ID: 0x285214DF
Volume Label: NO NAME
FS Type: FAT16
Boot Flag: 0xAA55
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Nomen Nescio said:
(problems with newsever, sigh, hope formating is readable)
EZ-Bios apparently wrote to a secondary slave drive that I never
installed it on. This is on an old win31 system. I had EZ bios
installed
on an 8GB drive and the other drive was slave, 512MB which I never
installed ez-bios on because the bios can recognize that size drive.
So I took ez-bios off the big drive, since I was going to use it in
another system; now I get "initalizing hard drive".... bios cannot
detect you hard drive settings-for the smaller drive, which is now
set to
primary boot drive. I can get it to boot by hitting Ctrl-Escape,
coming
out of the ezbios diskette and everything works. Below is the readouts
I get from MBscan and partinfo. Looks like ezbios wrote to the boot
sector

of the slave drive even when I never told it to modify that drive.
How do I get this small drive to boot again without the bios errors?

Just wipe the drive with something like clearhdd,
that will get rid of ezbios and any other bios overlay.
If I set the bios to the drive's chs values that are printed on
the drive it still cannot detect the drive and neither will "auto".
I am lousy at math, so I really do not know how to interpret the
values below and decide what to do. Can anyone help? Thanks.

The values are irrelevant, just wipe the drive and start over.
 
Thanks for the reply Rod.

I forgot to mention that I was intending to give this to some child, and since
it has alot of good programs on it,want to keep it's boot ability. Therefore,
wiping the drive is not an option at this point. There have been arguments
pro and con for use of fdisk/mbr. Fdisk shows a normal one parititon lay out,
but I cannot even use DLG removal diskette which yields: "device error reading
drive 1 absolute sector 0 count 1" Very shitty of WD to make a program that
alters a drive it was never ran on.
 
Nomen Nescio said:
Thanks for the reply Rod.

I forgot to mention that I was intending to give this to some child,
and since it has alot of good programs on it,want to keep it's boot
ability. Therefore, wiping the drive is not an option at this point.

Yes it is. Just copy everything off it, wipe the drive, copy everything back.
There have been arguments pro and con for use of fdisk/mbr.

It wont fix the problem if the contents of the
drive are only visible with ezbios loaded.
Fdisk shows a normal one parititon lay out,

Thats normal with a bios overlay.
but I cannot even use DLG removal diskette which yields:
"device error reading drive 1 absolute sector 0 count 1"
Very shitty of WD to make a program that alters a
drive it was never ran on.

That last is arguable, it may have happened accidentally.
 
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This has happened to more than one person, according to google.

Care to show us? Never heard of this particular one.
Lotza problems with those overlays.

Lotza problems *without* those overlays too.
 
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Yes it is. Just copy everything off it, wipe the drive, copy
everything back.


It wont fix the problem if the contents of the
drive are only visible with ezbios loaded.


Thats normal with a bios overlay.

This has happened to more than one person, according to google. Lotza
problems with those overlays.
That last is arguable, it may have happened accidentally.


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