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Record of a dual hard disk failure (Wenjiuba system):
A friend's machine had a broken CD-ROM drive. After he formatted the system he couldn't install it, and the original backup files were damaged, so I removed his hard disk.
At first I connected his hard disk to my machine (on the IDE interface originally used by the CD-ROM drive), then booted normally. In Explorer the drive letters were C (the system partition of my hard disk), D (the original system partition of his hard disk, which had already been formatted), E (my original D partition; after that the drive letters were arranged in order according to my hard disk and his hard disk) F, G, H, etc. I could access his hard disk, but whenever I clicked my hard disk or his hard disk there was always a prompt (in English, the meaning seemed to be that COMMAND.....DLL could not be loaded), but if I skipped the prompt I could still access it normally.
So I installed the system for him. Because his system partition defaulted to D, I chose drive D during installation. After installation, everything was normal on boot. Then I removed my hard disk and kept only his hard disk, connected the CD-ROM drive, and booted. It could not enter Wenjiuba, only DOS. It could not even boot from the hard disk, even though there were clearly system files on the hard disk. What was especially strange was that on his hard disk only the system partition could be accessed; the other partitions seemed to be gone and could not be accessed. I couldn't switch drive letters, only between drive C and the CD-ROM drive letter.
I reconnected my hard disk, restoring the previous dual-hard-disk state, but the problem remained: after booting, the Wenjiuba startup screen flashed by and then it entered DOS, and his hard disk still could not be fully accessed.
I had no choice but to restore my machine to its original state, but after booting it was still the same: the Wenjiuba screen flashed by and it entered DOS, unable to enter Wenjiuba. I had to reinstall. After installation, on boot it prompted that Norton (my firewall, I think) was interfering with the system somehow. Pressing Enter entered Wenjiuba. After updating the system and rebooting, it entered Wenjiuba and everything on my system was restored to normal. During this process there was no prompt to install hardware drivers.
With only his hard disk and my CD-ROM drive connected, it could only boot from the CD-ROM drive. Installing Wenjiuba could not succeed, and the other logical partitions still could not be accessed. The prompt seemed to say something about NTSC, not a FAT32 partition, so it could not be installed. Because my English is too poor, I didn't really understand those prompts.
Could some expert please point me in the right direction. Thanks!

Come on, before asking a question, can you describe it clearly in the way Chinese people normally speak? You may not know English, but that's no excuse for not writing down the English prompt. Don't tell me you can't even write the alphabet (or even type it on a keyboard).

The correct installation steps are:
1. Connect your friend's hard disk to your machine, then boot your machine into your Win98 system.
2. If there is data on your friend's hard disk that needs to be backed up, first back it up to your machine's hard disk.
3. Delete all partitions on your friend's hard disk and repartition it (normally this wouldn't be necessary, but considering there may be problems with the partitioning on your friend's hard disk, do it this way). Be sure to create a primary partition (Primary Partition) at the front of the hard disk for installing the 98 system. The remaining space can be made into an extended partition and divided into logical drives. After partitioning is complete, restart the computer and format each partition and logical drive so they can store data.
4. Copy the win98 directory from the Win98 installation CD to your friend's hard disk, and at the same time copy back the data backed up in step 2.
5. Shut down your computer and remove your friend's hard disk, then reinstall it in your friend's computer.
6. Start your friend's computer. If the primary partition on your friend's hard disk is not active, use a 98 boot disk to boot and activate it.
7. Run setup.exe from the win98 directory you just copied to your friend's hard disk to begin installing Windows 98.
8. Follow the normal steps and finish the job!

First step
After removing your own hard disk, drive D becomes drive C, so of course it can't enter "Wenjiuba"

Was your friend originally running Windows 98?

One more thing to add to the poster above: after partitioning your friend's hard disk and activating the primary partition, use the SYS command to transfer the system boot files as well. That way, after reinstalling the hard disk in the original machine, you won't need a CD or floppy anymore.

Thanks for the help, but I didn't understand this sentence: "After removing your own hard disk, drive D becomes drive C, so of course it can't enter 'Wenjiuba'." Please explain in detail.

My friend was originally using the Wenjiuba system. I had partitioned his hard disk before, and it had always worked normally. One time he spilled water on the motherboard, so he took the machine apart to clean it. After putting it back together, it wouldn't boot, and the original 40G hard disk could only be detected as 33G. Later, after setting the BIOS not to scan for errors, the hard disk capacity displayed normally, but his CD-ROM drive was broken, so he asked me to install the system for him. After I installed the Wenjiuba system onto his hard disk while it was connected to my machine, I even successfully copied the Wenjiuba backup files from my hard disk onto his hard disk, but then the problems I mentioned above appeared.
Today I installed his hard disk in my machine in place of my own hard disk, then booted with a floppy disk. I was able to access the logical partitions normally, but I still couldn't access drive D. I was also able to open the Wenjiuba system files I had backed up for him yesterday. I also installed the system successfully, but in Explorer I still couldn't access drive D.
I didn't write down the English prompt, and I regret it now. I was a bit anxious at the time. Please forgive me, experts. Please keep giving advice, thanks!!

There isn't a problem with the BIOS settings, right? Check the hard disk cable or use FDISK to check it. The problem shouldn't be serious.

It wasn't right for you to install 98 for your friend on your own machine. Is your hardware the same?

Climbing already gave a very good explanation of the specific installation method, so I won't say more.

"I was able to access the logical partitions normally, but I still couldn't access drive D. I was also able to open the Wenjiuba system files I had backed up for him yesterday. I also installed the system successfully, but in Explorer I still couldn't access drive D"

Can you format drive D? If not, repartition it. There may be a problem with the partitioning.

The following is quoted from aria on 2004-3-27 9:10:49:
First step
After removing your own hard disk, drive D becomes drive C, so of course it can't enter "Wenjiuba"

Was your friend originally running Windows 98?

When you install 98 with two hard disks, the boot files are on your primary hard disk.
After removing your hard disk, the boot files are gone, so it can't boot.
It's not because drive D becomes drive C, so of course it can't enter "Wenjiuba".

hehe
Sorry
I read it wrong
How embarrassing
^_^b

Thanks! But I'm still completely confused. Please keep giving advice, experts. Although the problem was solved, the method used was repartitioning, so I still feel it was because my skill level was limited that it came to that. Of course everything on my friend's hard disk was lost, and I feel very embarrassed about it. Sorry for disappointing my friend with my title of "expert." So, in order not to disgrace the word "expert," I still ask all you experts for more help. At the very least, after suffering one setback I should gain one lesson. I ought to improve, right?

You're not an expert, you're absolutely a standard newbie, not even enough to count as a newbie, because the most basic common sense is to back up your friend's hard disk data before repartitioning it, but you obviously don't even have that bit of common sense. That's where you should learn your lesson.

In the future, practice more on your own hard disk. After taking a few losses, you'll probably improve.