attilathehun1
Sun May 04 13:27:00 PDT 2008
I tried doing maybe 5 times over. I removed any floppies or CDs from the PC.
I think your right with having to partition the drive ahead of time. I
presume I can partition the drive after formatting as a slave? Anotherwords,
after I format the drive as a slave, I can then start the partition process?
Any response will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, attilathehun1
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attilathehun1
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
> I see what you were getting at -- no, an OS can't format its own partition.
> But using a floppy-based OS like that on a Windows Startup floppy (or a CD
> version) is MUCH easier than moving the drive to another machine and back.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> www.grystmill.com
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
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> >
> > "attilathehun1" <attilathehun1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:A2356B85-3706-493E-8403-15D260C82FEA@microsoft.com...
> >> Ok, I took the drive. Western Digital 20 GB, out that had Window ME OS
> >> running on it and stuck it into the PC as a slave that had Windows 98 SE
> >> operating system on it. The Windows 98 SE PC has a 10 GB Seagate hard
> >> drive.
> >> This is usually how I format my drives. Stick them into a PC as a slave
> >> and
> >> then format. I presume that's is how it's done. If there is an easier way
> >> to
> >> format a drive that is a master or single drive, then please tell me. A
> >> drive
> >> that has the primary operating system or only operating system on it
> >> can't be
> >> formatted, right?
> >> Ok, so now I did the quick format (erase) and stuck the Western Digital
> >> back into the PC that has 320 MB of RAM and a Pentium III. When I tried
> >> to
> >> reinstall the Windows ME OS into the Western Digital it gets to the point
> >> where it says:
> >> Please wait while Setup initializes.
> >> Scanning system registry...
> >> Copying files needed for Windows Setup...
> >> Please remove any floppy disks from your drives and press any key to
> >> restart your system.
> >
> > And did you press any key? And if that doesn't do anything, did you try
> > restarting manually after removing all discs, CD and floppy (and bootable
> > USB stick, whatever...)? And if that didn't work, did you try running
> > SETUP again?
> >
> > Maybe you should start over: Actually, the easy way to format a drive is
> > to use a floppy Windows boot disk. If you don't have one, go to
> > bootdisk.com, download the WINME version
http://vcic.com/vault/bootme.exe
> > and make sure you have a handful of floppies to try, since floppies are
> > getting older and older and less trustworthy.
> >
> > You should make such a disk, boot to it on the machine that has the
> > "problem" drive in it. I presume you have re-jumpered the drive and it is
> > now Primary Master. RIGHT? When you get to the question, choose "without
> > CDROM support." When it gets to the A:\> prompt, run the following
> > command:
> > FORMAT C:
> >
> > Since there was a problem, do a full format. (Otherwise you'd use the
> > following command for "quick" format:
> > FORMAT C: /q
> >
> > Yes, you can format a drive with an OS on it. Formatting wipes EVERYTHING
> > and leaves you with a blank, usable disk.
> >
> > When the formatting is done, remove the floppy, insert the WinME CD, and
> > use
> > Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart the system. The WinME disc should crank up and you
> > can go from there.
> >
> > --
> > Gary S. Terhune
> > MS-MVP Shell/User
> > www.grystmill.com
> >
> >
> >
> >> Then it just keeps blinking. I mean the symbol hyphen keeps on quickly
> >> blinking. That's as far as I get.
> >> I'm using a burnt Window ME OS disk. It's not from the Manufacturer. I've
> >> used this copy about 25 times. I don't think that's the problem.
> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >> Thanks, Attilathehun1
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> attilathehun1
> >>
> >>
> >> "Don Phillipson" wrote:
> >>
> >>> "attilathehun1" <attilathehun1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >>> message
> >>> news:60085236-045B-460D-BBB4-81572A775FB3@microsoft.com...
> >>>
> >>> > I formatted my slave hard drive and did a quick format (erase),
> >>> > instead of
> >>> a
> >>> > complete format. I wanted to put another operating system on the hard
> >>> drive
> >>> > and now I'm having problems loading it up. It says: Invalid system
> >>> > disk,
> >>> > replace the disk and press any key. I tried to get into BIOS but this
> >>> message
> >>> > comes up. When I put Windows ME OS disk into it then it says: Boot
> >>> > from
> >>> > CD-ROM or boot from hard drive. When I chose CD-ROM and ran the
> >>> > operating
> >>> > system it got to the point where it says something to this nature:
> >>> > make
> >>> sure
> >>> > to remove any floppy diskette and press any key to restart your
> >>> > computer.
> >>> > That's as far as I get. Maybe I should've done a complete format? Does
> >>> > a
> >>> > quick format leave the operating system on the disk? I want to erase
> >>> > the
> >>> > whole disk and have it completely clean.
> >>>
> >>> Better repost with fulll details. It looks as if you want to instal
> >>> a second operating system: if so you need a boot manager
> >>> (as found in most Linux distros and WinXP but not in Win98:
> >>> I do not know about WinME.)
> >>> 1. What hard drives are installed, with what OS, and what
> >>> do you want to instal?
> >>> 2. BIOS menus are usually reached by interrupting reboot
> >>> process with the DEL key. How did you attempt (and fail) to reach
> >>> BIOS menus?
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Don Phillipson
> >>> Carlsbad Springs
> >>> (Ottawa, Canada)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
>
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