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Fixed disk error
Name: Christy Date: July 19, 1999 at 12:30:39 Pacific
Comment:
When trying to access FDISK in Dos in am getting an error "error on fixed disk." I am trying to install NT 4.0 Workstation and Windows 95 in a dual boot. I had one partition, deleted the partition then created 2 partitions with 1GB each. I then installed Windows 95 and tried to install NT, but NT couldn't recognize the partition created for it. Since then I can't access FDISK. What do
Name: Graeme Date: July 21, 1999 at 01:15:56 Pacific
Reply:
OK, first, make sure you didn't format the primary partition in FAT32, cause you will never get NT to work, without some real tweaking....
Next boot off a DOS disk and run fdisk from there. I think you will find that will always work.
The reason the primary (Usually C drive) cannot be FAT 32 is that NT will not install on FAT32, even if you are installing NT to another partition, it still needs to write the BOOT.INI file and change the master boot record.....
Name: ferris Date: January 9, 2001 at 19:32:19 Pacific
Reply:
i recentley partioned my disk into 5 drives. well iv done this a number of times but not with the same hard drive. well now ive come across(error reading fixed disk) when ever i try to access this. whats wrong what do i do?
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