Invalid Media Type after installing Win9

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Invalid Media Type after installing Win9

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Name: Jonny C.
Date: March 1, 2001 at 15:53:02 Pacific
Subject: Invalid Media Type after installing Win9

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I repartitioned and formatted 2 of the hard drives(202Mb and 345Mb) on my 486DX100. I installed Win98 and it tried to reboot to set up the hardware. Ever since then, when I try to boot the computer from the C drive I get an "Invalid Media Type" error for the D drive,where Win98 is installed, and I am forced to go to the dos prompt. Booting from a floppy works fine (to get to the dos prompt). Would converting to FAT32 fix the problem? If not, what will?

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Response Number 1

Name: Jonny C.
Date: March 1, 2001 at 15:59:15 Pacific
Subject: Invalid Media Type after installing Win9

Reply: (edit)

Oops I forgot, you can't convert to FAT32 w/ hard drives less than 512Mb.
So what could be the problem??
-Jonny C

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Response Number 2

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Date: March 1, 2001 at 17:05:22 Pacific
Subject: Invalid Media Type after installing Win9

Reply: (edit)

Don't know, strange problem. But what I would do is swap the drives, start from scratch and install Win98 on the C: drive.

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Response Number 3

Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: March 1, 2001 at 23:28:08 Pacific
Subject: Invalid Media Type after installing Win9

Reply: (edit)

Yeah that's probably the best thing to do. But check your cmos to make sure the drive is identified properly. A misidentified drive could give that message.
When you boot from the floppy can you access both HDs?

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Response Number 4

Name: Jonny C
Date: March 2, 2001 at 04:57:08 Pacific
Subject: Invalid Media Type after installing Win9

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Yes, when I boot from a floppy (not Win98 boot disk), I can access both drives without problem. I only get the error when I boot from the C:. I will try to swap the drives when I have time and reinstall Win98.
-Jonny C

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