Try this using fdisk:

    Delete all the partitions

    Create a new primary partition that occupies all the space on the
hard disk drive

    Make it active

    Reboot

    format the single partition - format c:\

    Install windows

Specific details, if your unfamiliar with fdisk, are at
http://www.duxcw.com/digest/Howto/software/windows/upgrade/fdisk.htm


Dianne Erdos-Rush wrote:

>Hi,
>Got an older computer to play with, and hopefully make usefull for someone who cannot afford to get themselves one.
>It appears to be running a Linux system although I am unsure.
>I booted it with a boot disk and I was given the message "Windows 98 has detected that Drive C does not contain a valid FAT or FAT32 partition." How do I partition it?
>Then I attempted to Format it, and got "Format not supported on drive C:".
>Then Scan Disk tells me that all is ok with the A: drive.
>When I asked for a display of Partition Info, I got the following information, which doesnt look familiar to me:
>"Current Fixed Drive 1
>1.  Type: Non-Dos   MBytes: 102  2% usage
>2.  Type: Non-Dos   MBytes 3757  91%
>3.  Type: Non-Dos   MBytes 259   6%"
>Look familiar to anyone?  What step should I take next, there is nothing I care to save on the hard drive.
>Thanks in advance.
>Dianne
>
>
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