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| Thread ID: 60965 | 2005-08-20 03:08:00 | Please help need bootdisk to install win98 | lisamarie01 (6731) | Press F1 |
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| 382393 | 2005-08-20 03:08:00 | ok heres my problem, i have an 80 gig hard drive which im going to use 1/4 for windows 98 installation and the rest for windows xp, now i have no problem installing windows xp but cannot install 98, i cannot get a boot disk that will get me into dos and see the drive, i have a boot disk that gets me into dos and i can run the cd rom but it wont see the hard drive, i have 40 gig ntfs and the rest is formated fat32, please can someone point me in the direction where i can download or what files i need to get a boot disk to work in dos where i can see the drive thats all i need then i can install 98 on this drive. thanks! | lisamarie01 (6731) | ||
| 382394 | 2005-08-20 03:12:00 | But it's not a problem, LM. Go to BootDisk.com (http://www.bootdisk.com). ;) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 382395 | 2005-08-20 04:43:00 | I think it is possible you may have an NTFS problem here, but I'm guessing. The NTFS partition must have been made with an XP CD, and it may be in the wrong place on the hard drive for Win 98. It may be necessary to use the XP CD to remove all partitions and start with a clean slate, then boot from the Win98 boot disk (which should have the updated FDISK support for large drives) and make a new DOS primary,active, and formatted partition on which to install Win98. If that goes ok, then XP can be installed. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 382396 | 2005-08-20 05:19:00 | ok have just tried above and no luck, fdisk doesnt see the drives | lisamarie01 (6731) | ||
| 382397 | 2005-08-20 05:47:00 | Try what it says on the MS site support.microsoft.com |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 382398 | 2005-08-20 05:49:00 | An old FDISK won't see an NTFS partition. You need a newer one. Then start with Win98, which will need Fat32.. After thats done you do XP. | pctek (84) | ||
| 382399 | 2005-08-20 06:01:00 | OK, you are getting different opinions, that is normal :) To test whether the drive is being detected, use the command fdisk /status after booting from the dos boot floppy. If it doesn't show any drive, then the BIOS is not doing its job of detecting the drive properly for whatever reason. This would need trouble shooting before anything else. Fdisk should be able to 'see' the drive and the NTFS partition as a non-dos partition. I still think NTFS should be removed before trying to install Win 98, just so as to remove any uncertainty. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 382400 | 2005-08-21 05:29:00 | got it all done last night works fine now, thanks for all help given really appreciated ! :) | lisamarie01 (6731) | ||
| 382401 | 2005-08-21 05:53:00 | Some tools will also be able to convert Drive Formats e.g. from NTFS 5.1 to FAT32 to support Earlier versions of windows Note that FAT32 will disable the ability to set security NTFS permissions and may create some issues because of this. An example of a program which can convert NTFS to FAT32 is PowerQuest Partition Magic [versions will vary]. Free products may exist also but be harder to locate. Conversion can be slower than Formatting and my basic calculation thus far would be for each Gigabyte you move it may take 15 Minutes |
CreightonBrown (5692) | ||
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