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98 INSTALL FAILS
Name: BETH MAY Date: July 10, 1999 at 15:40:08 Pacific
Comment:
98 INSTALL FAILS ON DRIVE PREVIOUSLY USING NT 4.0 AFTER FORMAT
Name: Igor M Date: July 11, 1999 at 00:30:41 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
Did you try completely remove all partitions on your drive with FDISK and then create new partition(s) and reformat it?
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Response Number 2
Name: beth may Date: July 11, 1999 at 13:51:35 Pacific
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YES, OF COURSE. AND I ALSO FDISCKED THE MASTER BOOT RECORD AS WELL. THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET 98 TO LOAD IS TO LOW-LEVEL FORMAT THE HARD DRIVE FIRST. WHAT I NEED IS TO KNOW HOW TO LOAD 98 WITH OUT HAVING TO DO A LOW LEVEL FORMAT. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN.
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Response Number 3
Name: B.MAY Date: July 11, 1999 at 23:08:33 Pacific
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Name: beth may Date: July 11, 1999 at 13:51:35 Subject: 98 INSTALL FAILS
Reply: YES, OF COURSE. AND I ALSO FDISCKED THE MASTER BOOT RECORD AS WELL. THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET 98 TO LOAD IS TO LOW-LEVEL FORMAT THE HARD DRIVE FIRST. WHAT I NEED IS TO KNOW HOW TO LOAD 98 WITH OUT HAVING TO DO A LOW LEVEL FORMAT. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN.
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Response Number 4
Name: Igor M Date: July 11, 1999 at 23:12:11 Pacific
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On what stage the installation fails and what exactly the error message you get? Please supply more details and may be we can help you.
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