Currently I am facing a problem and unable to install Windows NT 4.0 Server. I have one hard disk of 20 GB I partitioned it in this way Partition 1 - FAT16 - 2GB - Primary - Windows 98 installed and working Partition 2 - FAT16 - 18GB - Extended 2A - FAT16 - 2GB - Logical - No data. I want to install Windows NT 4.0 Server here 2B - FAT32 - 6GB - Logical - Application software installed 2C - FAT32 - 6GB - Logical - Application software installed 2D - FAT16 - 1.7GB - Logical - Application software installed The PIII has two floppy drives A: 1.2 MB, B: 1.44 MB, and a CD-ROM, 64 MB SD RAM. While installing Windows NT, when it asked for the drive on which I want to install NT. It shows me C: - Unformatted or Damaged D: - Unformatted or Damaged -- (FAT32) Unpartitioned Now I selected D:, but it says that C: is also Unformatted or Dmaged so it needs to format it. I didnot allow to format C:. I tried deleting D: and than again selected D: to install NT but the same error occurd. Now, a new problem occured. I created all the partition using FDISK of Windows 98. And to install NT I rearranged and resize then using Partition Magic. After attempting to install NT on D:, FDSIK hangs after asking for large disksupport, and Partition Magic terminates after complaining about the Changed Disk Geometry. Is there any utility to fix the partion table problem ? I have Ranish Partition but I dont know can I use it to fix the problem or not and if it is safe or not. Help me out of the situation. I want to save my Windows 98 OS and data on other partition. Thanking you in advance, Setu Shah

Things do sound to have gotten a bit of a mess.. Possibly the situation can be recovered. Avoid the " Fdisk /mbr " routine; I don't think it wil be of help here; and it may totally screw things up permanently. Not exactly a wise thing to do to run Fdisk with PM installed… (As I understand it PM will get really confused about what’s going on – as you have discovered…) Can you boot to ’98 at present? Can you boot up with a ’98 boot-disk and then change to the C: drive? If so can you then change to the windows folder and run the “ win “ (not the “ ”) command and thus boot ’98 that way? (Are you absolutely sure your ’98 C: partition is fat16?) Do you have DOS (6x) boot-disk with Fdisk/format included? If not then obtain one from somewhere. One place is: http://www.boot-disk.com One possibility once you have a DOS6x boot-disk (with CDROM support) is use it to: Examine (via Fdisk) your HD, and then to reconfigure the ‘extended’ partition of the HD (be sure it ‘is’ the extended partition you are addressing). Note: when using ’98 Fdisk do not enable ‘large disk support – this is to enable as fat32 - if you only want fat16 (e.g. for NT logical-drives). Details - tutorials sites - on how to do use Fdisk were given in an earlier post to your initial query. If you can boot to ’98 then what you need to do is to at least establish/create the extended partition (Fdisk of DOS bootdisk?). After that you can create a single fat16 logical-drive in the Extended partition for NT. Leave the rest of the HD unassigned/unconfigured/unformatted. Run NT set-up off the 3 floppies – not from within ’98. Or if you can boot to ’98, then copy the i386 to c: and run NT set-up as outlined in my earlier posting. Also remember the issue of NT and partitions prepared for it using Fdisk off a ’98 boot-disk. I posted that reference in an earlier response to your initial post. This is why it is probably useful to have and use DOS 6x boot-disk to create the partition for NT (2Gig max if you use a DOS/’9x Fdisk/format), should this ’98 Fdisk issue affect you. Another other option to create the NT logical-drive that may work for you: you can use the NT set-up/create\delete partitions option and create the NT logical-drive in the Extended area – immediately after the C: active primary partition (this will allow a fat16/ntfs partition upto 4Gig). You would first delete any Extended partition/logical-drive(s) then recreate the extended partition, and then a logical-drive for NT and proceed with NT set-up from there (pointing NT to the logical-drive you have just created). NT logical-drive can be a max of 4gig fat16 if you wish it that large, but 2Gig is usually more than adequate in domestic situations…? The remainder of the extended partition can be configured later via NT Disk Admin. Run set-up from the 3 floppies. Possibly you can also attempt to uninstall/remove PM. Presumably like System Commander, it has stored a copy of the original partition table. Uninstalling PM will/should(?) restore this for you (when it ‘uninstalls’ itself), and this will/should reset your HD to pre-PM installation (partitioning); and allow you to at least get back to ’98? ('Uninstall' rather than just delete PM.) If you can only get at least that far, go for it; then reread your posts and see which approach to set up the dual boot will work for you. Post back if still needing more help; folks here will do their best to help. One other thought when installing NT. Disable any virus checker you have running; including any that are at BIOS level. They 'will' get in the way of NT set-up and cause it to fail...