Hi Kevin,

What are you using to install Win98SE? I suggest you check out MadBoot disk
at http://www.madboot.com/index.php. Click the 'Disk Features" button, it
has many different features and options to use including diagnostics and
even installing the operating system. Last November I paid $1.00 for the
download but I think it's free now.

Check the disk manufacturer's Web site and look under Support for their disk
utility.

PC Tech Support also has boot disks for download here:
http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml.

Good Luck...

Sven Swanson, Sr.

----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:55 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Problem formatting HD


This is a new one for me.  I have a KT 133/E/A K7 Chipset with AMD Duron
750Mhz and 512 RAM and 30Gig HD.  I received the box with the HD already
wiped
clean.  Fdisk showed no partitions.  When I first started it up I entered
BIOS to
double check settings.  All appeared ok.  I began installing Win98se.  It
said it wasn't eligible for a quick  format and asked if I wanted an
unconditional format.  I said ok.  It hung on "trying to reclaim cluster"
number such and
such.  It stayed there about 45 minutes.  I restarted.  Checked fdisk which
showed one active partition 30gig fat32.  Tried to install Win98 and setup
stopped saying I needed more space to install the OS.  I don't know what was
on the
HD prior to me getting it.  Could it be it had NTFS or HPFS on it and I
can't
format using Win98 startup disk?  How would I go about formatting HD?

TIA,
Kevin Nowicki

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