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Originally posted by Sowulo:
<STRONG>That option to format the drive from your system setup is a low-level format utility. The drive still isn't usable because it still needs to be partitioned with Fdisk and then formatted with the format command provided by your Operating System.</STRONG>
As Sowulo says above fdisk is step 1, format X: /S is step 2, installing the O/S (Windows) is step 3, using the boot disk for steps 1 and 2, windows cd for step 3....
[list=1]Clean Install None Booting CD-Rom[*]Backup all important data and make sure you have a Windows boot disk and code key.[*]Boot computer with boot disk, At the A: promt type "fdisk", answers yes to all. Reboot after completion (power off)....[*]After Rebooting select boot with CD-Rom support. Type "format C: /S" to format and make your hard drive bootable. Name the drive if you want to..[*]Type "MD C:\Win98. Makes a dir. on the C Drive[*]Insert your Windows CD and type "X:" (where X is your cd-rom drive)[*]Type cd win9x (this will put you in the win9x dir.)[*]Now type copy "*.* C:\win9x" (this copies all Files from the cd win9x dir. to the hard drive win9x dir.)[*]After all files are copy to H/D shut down and restart from hard drive..[*]Type "cd win9x" once there type "setup" ..[*]Follow the on screen instructions...[/list=a]
Where as "Win9X = Win95 or Win98 Some adjustments may need to be done for your machine.....
I s there any way that I can print this page to use for reference?? I tried to e-mail it to my self but just got a link back to this page...When I tried to print this page I got very strange characters on the pages. If I put the other hard drive in my new machine now it says there is no hard drive detected. So I put the hard drive back in the old computer and the computer does detect the hard drive and it says boot from C: or from A: then press the enter key to reboot but the computer freezes there. Lol aren't you guys tired of trying to help me by now...LOL
Do you think one of you could just drop by and fix this thing for me???? lol lol lol...j/k...but really thanks for all the help and info.
Droped the post to your e-mail let me know if you get it... <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
Thanks Sly, I got it...will be offline for a while so I can install the HD into this machine and try this out...Thanks and talk to ya later.
Ok i'm back. I tried what you told me to do...I did the fdisk and answered all the questions yes, then I rebooted the system and when I tried step 2 it said incorrect dos ver?????? I typed ver at the command prompt and it said ver 6.22. Most of the time my new puter says there is no hard drive installed. I have a western digital hard drive intall program and it says the hard drive is there and gives me the part number and drive size and everything but if I try to use the program I get the error message : Problem 0300, the hard drive is not responding. Check the connections and the jumper settings", the connections are fine and the jumper is set on master just like the new hard drive is. Oh heck I hate computers lol.
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ok what boot disk did you use?
and can you get on any chat room?
the disk says boot95...cant find chat rooms i can get into but have msn messenger if u have that
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Originally posted by Hobit ®:
<STRONG>the disk says boot95...cant find chat rooms i can get into but have msn messenger if u have that</STRONG>
Finally there is light at the end of the tunnel for me. My puter is up and running and I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who posted here to help me out. This site is most awesome and so are the people here. I have been everywhere on the net and no place else gives help and responses like this site. Three Cheers to Windrivers and its members.
Special thanks to Sowulo and to Sly for all the infor and effort and help. I will recommend all my friends to this site.
Thanks again to everyone.
Hobit :D