- Joined
- Oct 10, 2002
- Location
- Highland Park, NJ
FDISK:
1. Install and boot to the floppy.
Starting Windows 98.....
CDROM....
A:\>
Type FDISK and hit enter
Do you wish to enable large disk support(Y/N) [Y] hit enter
**Should NTFS be treated as large(Y/N) [Y] hit enter***may not appear
FDISK Options
1. Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive
2. Set Active Partition
3. Delete DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive
4. Display Partition Info
Press 4, make a note of each partition, exit to main menu
Press 3, from there delete all the partitions you made note of, exit to main menu
Press 1 to Create the new Partition, make it the maximum(ignore the value it is assigned)
after you are done creating the partition, exit
you should be able to boot to the CD and install the OS and let it format the drive, if that doesn't work, reboot to the floppy and at the A:\? type FORMAT C:
this will format the drive C: and then reboot to the CD and do the install
If you want to do a test, install the floppy, boot to it, enter FDSIK at the A:\> go through the utility and when you get to the FDISK Options Menu select 4(Display Partition Information). Write down everything, ESC out, restart normal and let me know what you had.
1. Install and boot to the floppy.
Starting Windows 98.....
CDROM....
A:\>
Type FDISK and hit enter
Do you wish to enable large disk support(Y/N) [Y] hit enter
**Should NTFS be treated as large(Y/N) [Y] hit enter***may not appear
FDISK Options
1. Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive
2. Set Active Partition
3. Delete DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive
4. Display Partition Info
Press 4, make a note of each partition, exit to main menu
Press 3, from there delete all the partitions you made note of, exit to main menu
Press 1 to Create the new Partition, make it the maximum(ignore the value it is assigned)
after you are done creating the partition, exit
you should be able to boot to the CD and install the OS and let it format the drive, if that doesn't work, reboot to the floppy and at the A:\? type FORMAT C:
this will format the drive C: and then reboot to the CD and do the install
If you want to do a test, install the floppy, boot to it, enter FDSIK at the A:\> go through the utility and when you get to the FDISK Options Menu select 4(Display Partition Information). Write down everything, ESC out, restart normal and let me know what you had.