Summary: I get this message at boot when I try to access C drive Invalid media type reading drive C Abort, Retry, Fail? I just want to format this drive but i...
Summary: will not reformat, was adding ha second hard drive and fdisked the wrong drive. now I can't get either to format. get invalid media message. anyone HE...
Summary: Thanks for the reply. I also got the "Invalid media type reading drive C" when trying to manually format (after fdisk'ing again). So, do I consider th...
Summary: 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...
Summary: I have a Compaq Presario 1800T laptop series. I was in the process of restoring the hard drive with the Restoration CD but I accidentally cancelled i...
Summary: I tried to install a new seagate Hard Disk using Windows ME Startup disk. After partitioning I Could not format the disk. Message: "Invalid media type...
Summary: I have a Compaq Presario 1800T laptop series. I was in the process of restoring the hard drive with the Restoration CD but I accidentally cancelled i...
Summary: I have been having trouble getting my Tiny notebook started.I decided to use the emergency boot floppy and the disc.I put both into the machine at the...
Summary: I am putting in two hard drives in my pc but am having problems insatalling an OS. Whenever i try to install millenium , the diagnostic tools get copi...
Summary: right.... I was down in brighton last night fixing my last clients pc, blah blah yada yada.... long story, short - new hard drive installed, simple pr...
Summary: help... i tried to reinstall win Me, went thru Fdisk del pri part and non logical part, then created new primary partion set it as active, also cre...
Summary: hey hey i have the same problem wit the first dude the error message "windows cannot format this drive because it contains files in use by windows" an...
Summary: One of my hard drive has OS win98 on it, I set it as slave on one of my Winxp Pc, so i can transfer files. I tried to open from the slave drive, it a...
Summary: I am currently running windows ME. I am trying to reformat my hard drive, create partitions and then reinstall ME. I created my startup disk but whe...
Summary: I'm trying to format a hard dirve that I just fdisk and when I type a:\>format c: or a:\>format c: /s I get Format not supported on drive c: Format te...
Summary: did a clean install of winme, now drive c folder of my computer opens at each boot. any ideas on how to stop. I read previous posts but I do NOT hav...
Summary: Somebody help me please!!! I'm having a problem with re-formatting my HD. It works fine when I Fdisk it. But when I try to format the C: drive all i g...
Summary: I have just bought a new computer and put my 40GB slave disk in it from my old machine. i have some movies on the old disk and recently whilst copying...
Summary: Ok.....I have been fighting this problem for a long time now. I am to the point to where I have so much junk on it I want to format my Drive C. I ha...
Summary: I have tried everything that is posted on how to format drive c to no avail! Always gettin message "format not supported on drive c: Format terminated...
Summary: I have windows 98 on my gateway and wanted to install windows ME. So i formated my hard drive and now whenever i put the disk in it says CDR101: No re...
Summary: When I look in the System properties\performance, I get these two messages: compatibility-mode paging reduces overall system performance. Drive C is u...
Summary: Hi, I have been trying to run Scandisk on drive C, but it takes so long that I stop it before it ends. A message is displayed that says Scndisk has re...
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