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cannot fdisk

Name: Michael
Date: September 6, 2004 at 15:42:50 Pacific
OS: win98
CPU/Ram: pent

Comment:

I want to clean my drive and install win98 but when I type fdisk, select delete primary partition I get the message cannot lock drive? How can I get around this so I can wipe out the mess and start fresh. Just reinstall the os just cant do it.

Name: ham30
Date: September 6, 2004 at 15:57:00 Pacific

Reply:

Boot from a floppy to run fdisk and format.

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Name: jubalsams
Date: September 6, 2004 at 23:58:52 Pacific

Reply:

For some reason, windows don't like commands to distroy itself. Some sort of survival instinct ?

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Reply:

..or reboot,keep pressing f8 then start in dos(something like that),fdisk from there as windows has not loaded Gary

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