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Re: invalid DPMI
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Jim Meagher <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:34:05 -0400
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Jon,

I think you need to delete the partition and start over.

You probably have an non-FAT partition like HPFS or NTFS.
Simply formatting the drive will not get rid of this.
You must use FDISK to delete and recreate the partition.

Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jon R. Lutz <[log in to unmask]>


> I'm having trouble installing an OS on a new home built computer.  I had
NT
> server installed once brieflly, but reformatted the hard drive to install
in
> a different configuration.  Now no OS will install.

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