Help!
I had red hat 9 linux installed as primary partion of the hd and i tried to remove it to install windows so i tried random things that people posted on other forums like fdisk and stuff because when i started windows cd and tried to format or install windows it screwed up (probly cause its scretched up) so i tried different ways of removing red hat. The first one i found was fdisk but it didnt work so i saw this thing fdisk /mdr and it worked for most people so i did that and now whatever i do nothing helps, cd screws up, cant format with a floppy cause i dont know the root drive name (not any of the letters i tried them all) when using windows me bootdisk and using the command sys c: it will not allow to format. is there any way to fix this problem or undo fdisk /mdr??? please help!:cry:
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ok first and foremost the command is :
fdisk /mbr not /mdr secondly all "sys c:" does is copy system files (for example command.com) it does not format ... the command "format c:" formats ... secondly, just using the fdisk utility, you can go into the delete partitions menu (option 3 i think ?) and just remove non-dos partitions ... (which are the linux partitions) i think your just getting your commands confused, and in that case brush up on them, and then try again ;) |
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mmmkay did that i think and now i tried installing windows 98 but it didnt work error writing to hard disk. i can not format the drive cause wen i go to the boot disk and start without cd support and i c A:\ i type C:\ or C: it wont switch the A:\ to a c so i cant format :(
i tried a different cd to install windows but it found an error also. :cry: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (edit) i put on an old harddrive {a 4 gig} and im putting win xp home on it so i can format the other one and install xp on it then i can dual boot it..... hope this works.:Pengy: :jawa: |
?? sure you can format ...
anyways, your going to have to boot up with your bootdisk and from the a: you will type : fdisk and like i said above, go to the delete partition menu, and then go to delete non-dos partition, and then remove them ... then it will tell you to reboot then follow the same procedure and go into fdisk again and make a new partition ... which is menu 1.. so you fire up fdisk and press : ENTER for large disk support or whatever it says menu 1 is default so press enter again menu 1 is again default for primary partition so again press ENTER then follow the steps and within seconds you will have a FAT32 partition .. then when you reboot this time you will type : format c: |
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On a side note, please try to make better and more helpful thread titles that actually describe your question or thread, "help" in no way does this. Regards.
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hmm
i got xp on 4 gig and 80 gig is slave. i need to make it an fat32 but when i go to the bootdisk thing (using only the 80 gig) i go to delete non dos partition or sumtin and all it says is esc to return to menu or sumtin and it wont work so i reboot. i try again and this time to make the fat32 and when i go to the menu to create primary dos partition it gives me same thing and wont leme choose what kind to make and it does not make it. help:newbie:
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