Looking at the Microsoft support site gave me two ideas:
1. This can happen if the CMOS is set for the wrong kind of floppy disk.
That is, if the floppy is a 3.5" and you have it set as a 5.25" in CMOS. I
doubt if this is your problem though - just something to check.
2. Make sure you have FORMAT and SYS on your floppy. Run the FORMAT
without the "/s" extension. Once the format is done (assuming it now
works), run SYS C: to transfer the system files to the hard drive.
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> From: Mike Bridges <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] format help
> Date: Friday, January 22, 1999 12:20 PM
>
> The boot sequence was wrong so I went into CMOS and changed it so it
> would boot from "a". Made a boot disk from another computer with the
> same Win version a.
> Booted with the disk.At the a:/ prompt typed in format c:\s Got the
> message about loosing all my data and typed in the Y to continue and got
> the same "insuffecient memory " message.I'm sure I am missing something
> very simple here but I don't know what it is.
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