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Try this using fdisk:
Delete all the partitions
Create a new primary partition that occupies all the space on the
hard disk drive
Make it active
Reboot
format the single partition - format c:\
Install windows
Specific details, if your unfamiliar with fdisk, are at
http://www.duxcw.com/digest/Howto/software/windows/upgrade/fdisk.htm
Dianne Erdos-Rush wrote:
>Hi,
>Got an older computer to play with, and hopefully make usefull for someone who cannot afford to get themselves one.
>It appears to be running a Linux system although I am unsure.
>I booted it with a boot disk and I was given the message "Windows 98 has detected that Drive C does not contain a valid FAT or FAT32 partition." How do I partition it?
>Then I attempted to Format it, and got "Format not supported on drive C:".
>Then Scan Disk tells me that all is ok with the A: drive.
>When I asked for a display of Partition Info, I got the following information, which doesnt look familiar to me:
>"Current Fixed Drive 1
>1. Type: Non-Dos MBytes: 102 2% usage
>2. Type: Non-Dos MBytes 3757 91%
>3. Type: Non-Dos MBytes 259 6%"
>Look familiar to anyone? What step should I take next, there is nothing I care to save on the hard drive.
>Thanks in advance.
>Dianne
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