Hi Kevin,
What are you using to install Win98SE? I suggest you check out MadBoot disk
at http://www.madboot.com/index.php. Click the 'Disk Features" button, it
has many different features and options to use including diagnostics and
even installing the operating system. Last November I paid $1.00 for the
download but I think it's free now.
Check the disk manufacturer's Web site and look under Support for their disk
utility.
PC Tech Support also has boot disks for download here:
http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml.
Good Luck...
Sven Swanson, Sr.
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Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:55 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Problem formatting HD
This is a new one for me. I have a KT 133/E/A K7 Chipset with AMD Duron
750Mhz and 512 RAM and 30Gig HD. I received the box with the HD already
wiped
clean. Fdisk showed no partitions. When I first started it up I entered
BIOS to
double check settings. All appeared ok. I began installing Win98se. It
said it wasn't eligible for a quick format and asked if I wanted an
unconditional format. I said ok. It hung on "trying to reclaim cluster"
number such and
such. It stayed there about 45 minutes. I restarted. Checked fdisk which
showed one active partition 30gig fat32. Tried to install Win98 and setup
stopped saying I needed more space to install the OS. I don't know what was
on the
HD prior to me getting it. Could it be it had NTFS or HPFS on it and I
can't
format using Win98 startup disk? How would I go about formatting HD?
TIA,
Kevin Nowicki
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