Boot with the 98 disk and run FDISK at the A:\ prompt.
This should recognize the unformatted, unpartitioned disk and allow you 
to partition and format it as FAT32.
Run the XP CD next and select NTFS as the file system.
The FDISK step really shouldn't be necessary, but it should work.



Chilangisha B Changwe wrote:
> I also tried to boot with a windows 98 boot disk but the only drive that
> was recognised was the CD drive and drive A! may this killDisk erases
> the drive beyond redemption.

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