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Old November 19th 04, 08:33 PM
shaunthesheep2004
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IM pulling my hair out with this
after fdisk and format have finished i cant install win 98se as the file
format is stll ntfs (previous op system was millenium) can anyone enlighten
me as to what im missing before i go bald
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Old November 19th 04, 09:13 PM
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Hi,

Go there to have a look for how to use FDISK.
http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/fdisk/fdisk1.htm
It is better to use a Win ME startup disk to boot up the PC.
Do a google search for where to download the Win ME startup program.

Post back to NG if you still have problems.



Peter


"shaunthesheep2004" wrote:

IM pulling my hair out with this
after fdisk and format have finished i cant install win 98se as the file
format is stll ntfs (previous op system was millenium) can anyone enlighten
me as to what im missing before i go bald

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Old November 19th 04, 10:30 PM
Jerry
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Default changing from ntfs to fat 32 when formatting hard drive

www.bootdisk.com to download WinME boot disk.

"Peter" wrote in message
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Hi,

Go there to have a look for how to use FDISK.
http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/fdisk/fdisk1.htm
It is better to use a Win ME startup disk to boot up the PC.
Do a google search for where to download the Win ME startup program.

Post back to NG if you still have problems.



Peter


"shaunthesheep2004" wrote:

IM pulling my hair out with this
after fdisk and format have finished i cant install win 98se as the file
format is stll ntfs (previous op system was millenium) can anyone
enlighten
me as to what im missing before i go bald



 




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