Thanks for your reply Peter

I rechecked the Partitions, deleted the only one on there the Primary Dos
Partition.....checked to be sure
there were none left....Created a new Dos Partition with the Full Drive Size
in it...
Rebooted....typed C: and got to the c drive.....but when I went to try and
format it
I got the message Incorrect Dos Version......

If I try doing a Dir on the drive I get the Invalid Media Type Error...

Any other thoughts on this.....

Thanks

Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Shkabara" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Invalid Media Type Error Message


> There is something strange in your description. If you deleted all old
> partitions and created a new one, you would not be able to enter C: and
log
> onto it till the partition was formatted. However, you say that you cannot
> format the partition. It sounds to me like you may be picking up a
> misconfigured previously formatted partition. Be sure to delete all
> partition information and then create new partition. You will need to
reboot
> after creating the partition before you can format it. One more
> consideration; are you sure that the BIOS and CMOS settings are set so
that
> your hard drive is properly recognized?
>
> Just some ideas.
>
> Peter
> -----------------------------------------------
> The NoSpin Group
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>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Ran FDisk and created a new Dos Partition on the 20MB which
> > was the Primary Drive.
> > When I attempted to Format the drive it came up with an Error
> > message Invalid Media Type. The drive is recognized on
> > startup....I can enter C: from the A:Drive and get to the
> > drive but cannot get a Dir on it or format it.
> > I downloaded a new Win95/95a Boot Disk from FreePCHelp here
> > and ended up with the same problem. I have tried this
> > numerous times and at one point actually got a Incorect Dos
> > Version Error but since have gotten the invalid media.
> > I tried downloading the Dos6.2 Boot Disk just incase it was a
> > version problem but same results....
> > I attempted the FDisk/mbr and then Sys C: but did not work either.
> > Thanks
> > Rich
>
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