On 9 Aug 99, at 21:07, Wayne@Tammy wrote: > At 10:50 AM 09/08/99 -0700, you wrote: > >On 8 Aug 99, at 23:08, Wayne@Tammy wrote: > > > >> I partitioned it into a 50 MB C: drive, and a 1 GB D: drive, tried > >> installing Windows 95 on D: , but Windows stalls during the install > >> process because of problems on the first partition. > > > > Now delete that first partition, so that the 1GB becomes C:, and try > >installing. > > Already tried that, get an error - "Error SU-0013 - Setup could not create > files on your startup drive and cannot set up Windows". > > "If you Have HPFS or Windows NT file system, you must create an MS-DOS > boot partition. If you have LANtastic server or SuperStor compression, > disable it before running Setup. See SETUP.TXT on Setup Disk 1 or the > Windows CD-ROM". > > Tried this with both 95 and 98. Seems that it wants to install files on a > primary DOS partition, not extended (at least some files). I still think > my only hope is some type of switch that will force FORMAT to continue, > even if it finds an error, or some type of partitioning software that can > "remove" the bad section of hard drive. > > Thanks for replying, any other ideas would be appreciated. I took your original message to indicate that the 1GB D: drive was also a primary FAT partition. The error message you report appears to be indicating that this is not the case. Is this correct? If so, try starting over, creating C: and D: both as primary DOS partitions and formatting them (FAT16), then delete C: and the install *should* work. David G PCBUILD's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>