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i'm trying format my hard drive .. after i formatted it does not see drive c:.. and partition is active.. windows 98 startup disk
Last edited by Kristina; Jun 28th, 2004 at 12:50 pm. Reason: oper sys
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Originally Posted by Kristina
.. after i formatted it does not see drive c:..
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i'm trying to install 98.. when i run fdisk ..create a primary dos partition , activate it.. restart computer.. and i have to do that over again...can anybody help.. thank you
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so... you type in format c:, and it doesn't do anything?
You do have to format it, you know... after running fdisk.
You do have to format it, you know... after running fdisk.
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i do know that you have to format it..when i reboot it says my drive is not partition again... so i start all over
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I know, you know what you are doing but will post this anyway .
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intresting... what are you formating the partion as? and what are you booting with? sounds like your formating as NTFS (or lunix partion) or something, and trying to boot with win 95/98 using fat/fat32...
what programs are you using, and what type of filesystem did you format too.
what programs are you using, and what type of filesystem did you format too.
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So you run FDISK, restart, and then FDISK says that the drive is not partitioned? Have you changed/reseated your IDE cables lately?
Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379
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Originally Posted by Kristina
i'm trying format my hard drive .. after i formatted it does not see drive c:.. and partition is active.. windows 98 startup disk
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When you format, do you use the /s switch? You may also want to try the /u switch.
(/s -- Copy system Files. /u -- Unconditional Format.)
(/s -- Copy system Files. /u -- Unconditional Format.)
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Old computers are getting to be a lost art. Here at Uncreative Labs, we still enjoy using the old computers. Sometimes we want to see how far a particular system can go, other times we use a stock system to remind ourselves of what we once had.
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