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General Category => Tech Clinic => Topic started by: Stupid on March 17, 2002, 09:25:47 AM

Title: installing friends copy win 98 se on win2k machine
Post by: Stupid on March 17, 2002, 09:25:47 AM

recently i had win2k on my computer w/ two partitions
on c: and one d:
c: ntfs and D: FAT32
i attemtped to install a friends copy of win98se and the first part of  installation was successful but then  it rebooted and now when i turn on my computer all i get is this in the corner of the screen
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just that little dash
what should i do?
replace the hard drive, flash my bios, ? help me

Title: installing friends copy win 98 se on win2k machine
Post by: Anonymous on March 18, 2002, 01:03:24 AM

Because C drive is NTFS, you\'re going to have to FDISK and delete all partitions and set them up again, before you can run the Win98 installation.

Title: installing friends copy win 98 se on win2k machine
Post by: Anonymous on March 18, 2002, 07:07:02 AM

i can\'t get a c: prompt that is the problem
won\'t boot to a cd or to a floppy
just goes to that blank screen w/ the dash
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just like that