# Question.. **URL:** \ **Category:** n-Track Studio Discussion Forum\ **Created:** [February 21, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://discussion.ntrack.com/t/question/11569 "2008-02-21T15:41:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![woxnerw](https://discussion.ntrack.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/d07c76/32.png) [@woxnerw](https://discussion.ntrack.com/u/woxnerw)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://discussion.ntrack.com/t/question/11569/21 "2008-03-09T00:05:01Z")
Hi Gents: I was getting ready to post an update to this P-111 rebuild and the machine shut down… I re-installed XP on another hard drive and I have all the original hardware installed in it… I spent the day updating the software and hardware drivers and all… I was pretty proud of my efforts… I was connected to the Internet, and all… However, just at the time I was gonna post the reply the machine shut down… When I turned on/restarted the machine and before the "POST-UP completed it says… “DISK BOOT FAILURE,INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER” What does that suggest ![???](http://ntrack.com/ikfiles/non-cgi/emoticons/kem.gif)? I’ve not seen that before… Can someone point me to the next step?? to get this machine back-up-and-running… Bill… ---
**Author:** ![woxnerw](https://discussion.ntrack.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/d07c76/32.png) [@woxnerw](https://discussion.ntrack.com/u/woxnerw)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://discussion.ntrack.com/t/question/11569/22 "2008-03-09T13:55:26Z")
Back Again Today: I re-configuered the BIOS Boot and booted from the Wimdows XP Disk. The scrolled to repair Windows Operating System on the C Drive. It copied files to a new boot sector… I think that’s what happened… I then re-configuered the BIOS to boot from the C Drive… Low-and-behold the C Drive booted to the desk… I’m in the process of still downloading the Panda Update files. It’s quite large… Some 26 meg. in size. A long while for a dial-up and modem… I still don’t have any idea as to why the Boot Failure happened… I don’t know how to diagnose a failure like that… I think it was Bax3… You suggested I change the lithum battery on the main board… I’m gonna do that… It appears that the BIOS Settings/Adjustments are not saved to the C Moss with any assurance… Bill… ---
**Author:** ![woxnerw](https://discussion.ntrack.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/d07c76/32.png) [@woxnerw](https://discussion.ntrack.com/u/woxnerw)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://discussion.ntrack.com/t/question/11569/23 "2008-03-10T16:30:25Z")
The P-111 re-build continues… It’s a slow process when the only connection to the Internet is by dial-up-and-modem… Microsoft is allowing the Operating System Updates to complete… I just saw 52 updates complete and install It appears that I unable to update to the v7 browser… The upgrade wants to see the XP install Validated… As I type this reply I see that the Microsoft updates are continuing to download. I was unable to install n-Track v4 and v5 till .NET Application 2.0 was installed. V4 installed right at the get-go… but v5 (latest build) needed Installer v3.1 to load… Flavio in his wisdom linked the download page to the v5 downloads so that the correct installer was downloaded brfore the n-Track v5 install worked… On the OLD P-111 Machine I loaded the VST Plug-ins in the V4 VST Folder… So when v5 builds launched it looked for the VST Plugs there. My question is… Is there a better/more productive way to have both versions of n-Track utilize or search for VST Plugs ?? Anyway, I’m past the point of no return in this P-111 rebuild. I have 28 days remaining before this XP Build needs validation… I continue to work on this rock pile… Bill… p.s. I forgot to mention… I believe that I discovered why the BOOT-UP of the OLD C Drive failed… It appears that during the Boot Process there was a file called _asms_ I don’t see what the extension to that file is… But… this file is missing… So… The boot to the XP Desk hung… I went searching for this file… BUT \* asms \* is no-where to be found on any disks I own… Could it be a virus or a worm ![???](http://ntrack.com/ikfiles/non-cgi/emoticons/kem.gif)? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://discussion.ntrack.com/uploads/default/original/1X/20e797a188ca427644e35db6327522d0aaee3a74.png) [@system](https://discussion.ntrack.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://discussion.ntrack.com/t/question/11569/24 "2008-03-10T18:02:41Z")
See if this link might help. [Microsoft support](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311755) ---
**Author:** ![woxnerw](https://discussion.ntrack.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/d07c76/32.png) [@woxnerw](https://discussion.ntrack.com/u/woxnerw)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://discussion.ntrack.com/t/question/11569/25 "2008-03-12T18:28:07Z")
Hi Poppa Willis: I’m browsing the link you posted as I Reply to your post… This missing file is quite important, so it appears… I’ve been busy loading-and-testing this re-install now sense Saturday… I’m moving right along, or at least I think so… I’m disapointed though, that I am unable to import all the links that I had on the old C Drive… I find I am unable to import the “Favorites” folder/file… AND My Address Book/.wab file/folder from the old drive… Any attempt at importing these folders into the new build has escaped me… Having said that I think I’d still like to continue re-building this C Drive that I’ve worked so hard on… I have some 26 days remaining to get it validated… My next chore with this re-build is… to get the Local Network up-and-running… OR getting the machines to communicate with each other… The issues I have with it is, to keep it running… After several days the machines don’t seem to want to communicate, for whatever reason… I have the OLD Drive installed on the P-111 machine as the Secondary/Slave Drive on the Primary IDE 80-Pin ribbon wire on the machine… Something weird happens when I try to access the drive… It locks the machine up… I don’t know what the reason for that might be… As you can see… I hesitate to format the drive just yet… I may attempt to follow the instructions on that link and see if I can bring that old C Drive back to working conditin… We’ll see… Bill… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://discussion.ntrack.com/uploads/default/original/1X/20e797a188ca427644e35db6327522d0aaee3a74.png) [@system](https://discussion.ntrack.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://discussion.ntrack.com/t/question/11569/26 "2008-03-12T18:56:40Z")
You’re a better man than I - I would have already bought a new one and slaved the old drives for file access only. But I also know how you feel about letting go of the old machines. By the way - did you replace your motherboard battery? Gulluck! ---
**Author:** ![woxnerw](https://discussion.ntrack.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/d07c76/32.png) [@woxnerw](https://discussion.ntrack.com/u/woxnerw)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://discussion.ntrack.com/t/question/11569/27 "2008-03-13T01:20:15Z")
Hi Poppa Willis: I replaced the Lithium Battery over the weekend. I measuered the voltage of the old battery and found it to be on the plus side of three volts(unloaded)… That is a subjective reading… I didn’t measure it’s potental loaded (or in place)… Anyway, the BIOS settings are rather subjective… I finally got the BIOS to do the commands I wanted after some number of times of trial-and-error to get the boot sequence to some order… between the DVD/CD reader and C Drive… I hate playing with the BIOS and Registry… Spare Me… ![:laugh:](http://ntrack.com/ikfiles/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif) ![:laugh:](http://ntrack.com/ikfiles/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif) I’m searching to take something Positive from this expirence… The harder I search … the harder it is for me to find whatever that is… I’m tough enough to take a crack at trying to recover that OLD C Drive… If I could recover the Boot Structure and make it work… I think that could be the Positive motivation to challenge me to find out how to do it… and make it work… As it turns out… I partitioned the 80 Gig drive into two equal partitions… I’m thinking of loading a boot sector on the other partition and then searching for the missing _asms_ folder… if it’s that easy ![???](http://ntrack.com/ikfiles/non-cgi/emoticons/kem.gif)? Who knows ![???](http://ntrack.com/ikfiles/non-cgi/emoticons/kem.gif)? At the moment, the drive doesn’t even like to be OPENED/SEARCHED… It tends to lock up the P-111 when I attempt to open it up… Bill… [Previous page](https://discussion.ntrack.com/t/question/11569.md?page=1)