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Non-System Disk or Disk Error
Name: randall12 Date: April 4, 2005 at 03:20:43 Pacific OS: N/A CPU/Ram: PC/128
Comment:
Hey, I recently Deleted all dos partitions using FDISK in dos. After doing so it obviously could not find windows and asked for a boot disk. it was running Windows 98 i want to be able to install Windows millenium onto the computer. is there a way i can just use the Windows ME cd to bypass this problem?
If not, what can i do to get it up and running again?
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: April 4, 2005 at 03:35:03 Pacific
Reply:
If the ME CD is bootable, boot on that.
If not, boot on a DOS floppy.
I don't know if ME CD will partition the drive. If not, partition it with the DOS floppy.
M2
If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.
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Response Number 2
Name: randall12 Date: April 4, 2005 at 18:25:18 Pacific
Reply:
yeah so im thinking the ME cd isnt bootable as when it trys to boot from CD-ROM it says: 'Boot From Atapi CD-ROM: Failure...'
also, im not exactly sure what boot disk i need from the site.
oh and for that 'name'(less) fella.. format c: didnt work. and i came here for help, not to be patronised.
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Response Number 3
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: April 4, 2005 at 20:36:20 Pacific
Reply:
Any 98 or ME bootdisk will be able to partition and format it. If the drive is larger than about 64 gig you need the ME version of fdisk or the updated 98 version.
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Response Number 4
Name: rogerashley Date: April 4, 2005 at 20:55:16 Pacific
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