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Well, after having it in my PC, I simply put the HDD back in my friends PC. Not actually having done anything, except removed some viruses that were on the HDD (I don't think they were causing the problem) it now boots.

Just one BIOS message: "SMART command failure". Then have to press F1. Could be ...

Not strictly a BIOS issue, but I have a hunch (hope) that actually doing an MBR fix may clear the problem. Because my friend is running WINDOWS Millenium, he cannot use a RECOVERY CONSOLE, but I can use FDISK/MBR.

If I went and tried FDISK/MBR I would be okay wouldn't I? There is only 1 partition ...

A friends HDD may have a problem with MBR. However, after a computer freeze his PC would not boot up. After that, although BIOS is set to AUTO, His PC is not even recognizing the HDD now. (And curiously the BIOS seems so slow in acting). Anyway, on my PC, his HDD is recognised by WINDOWS when I'm ...

From writing on the mobo:MS 6119 VER 1.1 BX2

Other info from a utilty:

BIOS Date: 12/18/98
BIOS Type: American Megatrends
BIOS ID: 61-1218-001169-00111111-071595-440BX-1440B000
OEM Sign-On: A6119P2 V1.65 121898
Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX rev 2
Superio: Winbond 977TF rev 0 found at port 3F0h
OS ...

According to my PC handbook it says, "MSI system BIOS with AMI core". Indeed, when I run utilities it's reported that system BIOS is MSI ver 1.6, and when I enter the BIOS setup prior to boot up I read, "AMIBIOS Easy setup Utilities Ver 1.16".Thing is what BIOS do I have? Do I have AMI BIOS or MSI ...

I never changed the BIOS at all. I'm running MSI system BIOS ver 1.60, with AMI "core" AMIBIOS Easy Setup Utilities ver 1.16. Both from 1998. I do wonder whether the HDD setup disk altered something. I was surprised that my PC can handle an 80Mb given it's 1998 vintage.

Got eager to install so I did. PC reports the 80Gb drive as 80Gb. Probably then my BIOS okay. I thought I'd have problems.

Okay, this is what is printed on my motherboard:

Micro-Star Model: MS-6119

MS 6119 Ver:1.1 BX2

There is a BIOS chip and a sticker on the chip reads:

686
AMIBIOS
Copyright 1995
American Megatrends
CT3 7349


To recap other info from a BIOS utilty is:

BIOS Type: American Megatrends
BIOS ID: 61 ...

Hi.

BIOS Type: American Megatrends
BIOS ID: 61-1218-001169-00111111-071595-440BX-1440B000
OEM Sign-On: A6119P2 V1.65 121898

Now, before I discovered about BIOS strings I identified my board as MSI-6119 (Micro-Star International 6119). If we consider the BIOS string, I reckon, if you ignore the ...