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Formatting and reinstalling WIN98SE
I have been advised to redo my 6 year old hard drive.
1. Do I need to clean the drive first?
2. When I choose the format and recover hard drive option ,message : Drive C will be lost. Do you wish to continue/? Whether I answer yes or no I get error message " Format command has failed. make sure recover CD is in drive and try again"
3. Is there some prepatory step that I have missed?
4. I am using the recovery CD that came with my system.
Ed C
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January 1st, 2006 18:00
Since the drive is 6 years old it has probably died. That is why the format command is failing.
What was the problem that started this whole exercise.
Message Edited by Ed C on 01-01-2006 03:48 PM
bacillus
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January 1st, 2006 18:00
try booting from the win98 cd then use the format command.
pickles
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January 1st, 2006 18:00
pickles
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January 1st, 2006 19:00
bobyjo
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January 4th, 2006 14:00
6 yrs is a long time for a hard drive to last in the original laptop.
I would suggest going to newegg or zipzoomfly and purchase a new one.
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822146042
This is a great hard drive to start off with. Much better than the origianl.
pickles
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January 9th, 2006 13:00
bobyjo
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January 9th, 2006 16:00
pickles
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January 10th, 2006 02:00
speedstep
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January 14th, 2006 11:00
I have used 40 and 80 gig drives without issue.