Try using the boot disk and then typing "fdisk" and see what you get , if my
thinking is right you will have an option to remove non DOS partition.
Remove it and make a new partion. DO NOT DO THIS WITH A COMPAQ MACHINE!!

You could allso make 3 boot disks for Win Nt  by inserting your NT CD and
typing the comand CD drive:i386winnt /ox this would make 3 boot disks to
install NT

Good Luck
Paul Ryan
Germany

> Date:    Wed, 28 Jan 2004 22:48:34 -0500
> From:    Freda Wikoff <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Can't format hard drive.
>
> I am trying to get my daughters computer up and running for her.  It's an
AMD Athlon 1.15ghz processor, and I just had a new motherboard installed
along with 512 mb of RAM.  She was having freeze ups and random rebooting
problems.  I took the computer to a tech and had the install checked out
because it was still random rebooting.  Seems some "thermal grease" was not
applied and the processor was overheating.  Now comes the problem...they
installed my Windows XP with a boot disk for NT.  Now I can't uninstall XP,
which is not needed on this machine because it will only be used for games
by my young grandkids.  I have down loaded boot disks for both Win 95 and
Win NT.  Can't get NT boot to work because files were to large for floppy
and I can't get the system to boot up to CD.  I can boot up with Win 95, but
the system won't recognize my hard drive.  All I want to do is format "C"
drive so I can load Win 95 or Win NT.  What am I doing wrong?  When I give
the command at A: prompt to format c:, it tells me "invalid drive".  I am
only a novice at this, so any help given would be appreciated and keep the
lingo so I can understand...please!!
>

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