Hi, I'm trying to install NT 4 workstation on my computer to no avail. I previously had Linux on this computer so I jsut fdisked the drive and started form scratch. I then went thru the NT install process and first selected an NTFS partition. After rebooting the systems goes thru POST then comes up with to letters "LI" and does nothign more. I've gone thru numerous times working from a boot-disk then fdisking the drive, formatting it, going thru the NT setup selecting the FAT32 partition but still to no avail. I'm sitll comming up with "LI" Any help? Thanks, Brian Wright Lump_16@hotmail.com Computer Science Student Terra Communtiy College Fremont, Ohio

I'm not sure, but I believe that NT won't have anything to do with a FAT32 partition. If you have formatted it, after Fdisking, with the FAT16 version of Format, then you shouldn't be having trouble. Unless it was just a typo, please consider formatting the partition as FAT16.

DEAR NT DOESNOT SUPPORT FAT32 U SHOULD CONFIRM THAT THE PARTITION U HAVE ALREADY MADE SHOULD BE FAT16

Possibly you have Linux residues around (I don't think MSDOS/'9x Fdisk can 'see'/remove Linus areas)... But as you're starting from scratch.. Run delpart.exe and delete all partitions from your HD; then run Fdisk, create a smallish C: FAT16 partition, make it active, and bootable to DOS (sys c: ); then start over to install NT. You can either install NT into the C: FAT16 partition or, if you tell it to, install it into its own logical-disk in the Extended partition space - you can create partitions during the NT set-up routine. This latter option is preferable; and also create at least one other logical-disk for data (then you can re-install NT without losing data...). Make the C: system partition around 150Meg. Having the small FAT16 area allows more options down the road re recovery, and installing other OS etc... NT will deposit its boot/start-up files there - keep C: FAT16 and safe... - but the actual boot-partition (where the NT OS itself resides) will be the first logical-disk. You can make NT = FAT16 = 4Gig max. and convert later to NTFS if you wish to... delpart.exe was part of NT3.51 Resource Kit, omitted from NT4 RK; is available from: http://hercules.lss.ksu.edu/download/MSSTUFF/index.htm (parent site: http://hercules.lss.ksu.edu) and is a 'freebie' 30K download.

I had the very same problem. Here is the solution. When Linux is loaded it gets into the MBR of the drive. Fdisk and formatting will not clean the drive. You need to use debug which will wipe the drive clean, then fdisk, then format. This cleans linux off the drive. Boot off a 98 or 95 start-up disk to get to the A:\ prompt. type debug you will get a - prompt (note: XXXX means you don't care what the value is) -F 200 L1000 0 -A CS:100 -XXXX:0100 MOV AX,301 -XXXX:0103 MOV BX,200 -XXXX:0106 MOV CX,1 -XXXX:0109 MOV DX,80 -XXXX:010C INT 13 -XXXX:010E INT 20 -XXXX:0110 -g Program terminated normally -q Now reboot the computer using the startup disk andrun fdisk. Then format. Then load win 95/98/NT etc. I did this with two different drives and it worked well for me.. Good luck.

Boot off a 98 or 95 start-up disk to get to the A:\ prompt. type fdisk /mbr this should remove LILO (the Linux booter, whose first two letters you're seeing..) it works. cheers c.r.

You only need to run sys c: at the DOS prompt to remove the LI (lilo) boot loader.So boot with a DOS start up disk to A: drive & type sys c: Enter If NT was installed using NTFS you will need to use the NT boot disks to delete the NTFS partition. Then create a FAT primary partition with the DOS boot disk. Format the partition and install your new OS on it.