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Jim Hodges <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 26 Mar 2001 22:24:53 -0600
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Richard wrote

>I was wondering if you guys could help me install my Win ME. It freezes up
>in the beginning (when it's transfering the data to the HD at 2% in the
>lower left bar). I got a A7V Mobo (with 1007 bios)and ATA100 disabled,
>Stealth S540 ( by Diamond 32Mb AGP 4x), Quantum Fireball as Primary Master
>IDE (40 Gb 7200 rpm), Creative CD-Rom as Secondary Master (52x IDE). I used
>FDISK (1 whole active partition only) and format c: /s (using Win 98 boot
>disk, since the Win ME gives no more support to format - it says so when I
>try...) as try to install the OS, it simply freezes(???).
>I've somewhere that the Windows FDISK does not support HD bigger than 30
>Gb. Is it true?
>Please lend me a hand, I would really appreciate a lot. Thanx

It may be the long way around but if you have 98 you might install it first
and then install winme.
Jim Hodges

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