Gary
Wed May 28 16:42:48 PDT 2008
OK, I've looked it up, mostly here,
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=17, and it appears as I thought --
that ME is just like all other 9x systems. Only OEM versions are bootable,
and even then, I don't believe that is true for all Win98 or Win98SE OEM
discs. And I've found reference that suggests that the ME OEM CD is capable
of wiping and reformatting (or even repartitioning) the first hard drive if
no existing ME OS is present. Which is something that would really piss me
off, since I seldom install anything to an empty hard drive.
http://theosfiles.com/os_windows/ospg_wme.htm
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com
http://theosfiles.com/os_windows/ospg_wme.htm
"Ingeborg" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message
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> falcon1643106@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> iv got an older e machine (etower 333k). The operating system that
>> came with it was ME the first hard drive crashed. i have an older 20
>> gig hard drive im putting in but it tells me to run a floppy boot
>> disk. i don't have one i do have a dos floppy i run it but it does not
>> show the hard drive now in bios it shows just fine. How do i get it to
>> show in dos so i can formate and install???
>
> With WinME you should be able to boot from CD and just follow the
> instructions.
>
> When you want to do it with a dos floppy you'll have to use FDISK to
> create
> a primary partition, activate it, then reboot (from floppy) and use FORMAT
> C: to format that partition, and then use SYS C: to make the harddisk
> bootable.