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My computer originally has an oem wins me. I used Patition magic 7 and put xp on the set. I lost my OS. I created a boot disk from an identical compaq and tried to use the "cd windows\command" line and get message "invalid media type reading drive C:. when I try to fdisk the primary dos partition...I get message that its too large.
Name: ACURA Date: April 16, 2002 at 08:26:40 Pacific
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Try formatting the hard drive using the disk. If you get any errors, maybe low-formatting could help. If you lost your OS, however, maybe if you tried re-installing the OS you might get a possible answer.
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Response Number 2
Name: EarlyBird Date: April 16, 2002 at 15:27:58 Pacific
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Why don't you people give details about your system? You mention 'an identical Compaq' and that might be part of your problem! You may have inadvertently upset the Compaq (if it is a Compaq) boot sequence by adding an XP partition.
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