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no drive c to format
Name: herode Date: October 14, 2006 at 02:02:40 Pacific OS: 98 CPU/Ram: 256 Product: toshiba laptop
Comment:
I deleted the non-dos partition (XP gone bad was in it) and created a primary Dos partition using Fdisk hoping to install Win98. But when I reboot to a: to format c: it says there's no drive c:
I tried deleting the partition I just created, then the non-Dos partition came back, then there was the drive c: again.
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: October 14, 2006 at 02:27:38 Pacific
Reply:
fdisk /status
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Response Number 2
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: October 14, 2006 at 02:29:02 Pacific
Reply:
What version of fdisk?
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Response Number 3
Name: herode Date: October 14, 2006 at 04:24:30 Pacific
Reply:
Hi, thanks for your quick reply. I check the fdisk like you said. I guess that was the problem. I fixed it with new bootable disk and it works. Thanks again, I really appreciate it.
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Now what?
