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Invalid Partition Table
Name: Eric Date: August 8, 2004 at 07:46:42 Pacific OS: Windows 95 CPU/Ram: IBM Thinkpad 310ED
Comment:
I have an old Thinkpad 310ED that needed a hard drive. I just got one, and i just got a copy of windows 95 which is what the 310 is designed for. However, when I turn it on all it says is "Invalid Partition Table. Setup Cannot Continue." Could anyone please tell me how to fix this?
Name: grasshopper Date: August 8, 2004 at 07:53:39 Pacific
Reply:
You have to format it first. Did you get a disk with the new HDD? That should walk you through it.
When all is said and done More is said than done..
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Response Number 2
Name: Eric Date: August 8, 2004 at 08:00:53 Pacific
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I didn't get a disk with the hard drive. Does this mean I have to get a format disk for it?
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Response Number 3
Name: jboy Date: August 8, 2004 at 08:04:22 Pacific
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What version of Win95? Large disk support (2Gb+) was only available in Win95B onward.
Start with the boot floppy and run fdisk, option (4) to report the drive status - if all shows ok, run scandisk.
I'm just looking for clues at the scene of the crime
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Response Number 4
Name: ham30 Date: August 8, 2004 at 08:50:59 Pacific
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If it is a new drive, it must be partitioned and then formatted. You can get win95 bootable floppies with fdisk (partitioner) and format on it at www.bootdisk.com
Fdisk help http://fdisk.radified.com/ http://www.compguystechweb.com/troubleshooting/fdisk/index.html http://members.bellatlantic.net/~mrscary/fdisk.htm http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q255/8/67.ASP
To format, just type format c:
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Response Number 5
Name: jubalsams Date: August 9, 2004 at 00:23:58 Pacific
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You can get a boot disk here:
http://www.allbootdisks.com/95.html
Best
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Response Number 6
Name: ozgood Date: August 13, 2004 at 08:34:58 Pacific
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Does anybody know if the recovery CD includes all drivers. I did a fresh install of win98se but cant get the touchpoint mouse to work.
thanks, Brandon
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Response Number 7
Name: jboy Date: August 13, 2004 at 08:44:14 Pacific
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What?
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I'm just looking for clues at the scene of the crime
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