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Kat - 09 Mar 2004 04:47 GMT

The issue of FAT32 or FAT16..
I have a Gateway GP7 450 pentium III / 10GB..
It has no operating system installed..
Should I use FAT32 or FAT16..
I want to have Windows 98SE as my OS..
Can anyone please advise me where to start..

Thanks,
Kat

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Jeff Richards - 09 Mar 2004 06:29 GMT

A 10Gb drive would require 5 partitions if you use FAT16, and I doubt that's
an arrangement that would suit you. Use FAT32. My preference would be for
two partitions (system, other), but a single 10Gb partition would also be
quite suitable.

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> The issue of FAT32 or FAT16..
> I have a Gateway GP7 450 pentium III / 10GB..
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> Thanks,
> Kat

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 09 Mar 2004 08:19 GMT

Thank you, Jeff! Would you know of a site that could guide
me "start-finish" to get the OS installed. As of right
now, it has no OS installed.

Thanks,
Kat

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Jeff Richards - 09 Mar 2004 10:35 GMT

http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html
MAKE A W98 RESTORE DISK AND INSTALL W98

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 19 Mar 2004 07:15 GMT

Just sending a big "THANK YOU" to Jeff. I do appreciate
all your help. I managed to get the job finished. It's
great having nice people like you that are so willing to
help out. Thanks for being here to help.

Kat

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Jeff Richards - 19 Mar 2004 22:11 GMT

You're very welcome

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Jeff Richards
MS MVP W95/W98

> Just sending a big "THANK YOU" to Jeff. I do appreciate
> all your help. I managed to get the job finished. It's
> great having nice people like you that are so willing to
> help out. Thanks for being here to help.
>
> Kat

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 10 May 2004 16:58 GMT

>-----Original Message-----
>The issue of FAT32 or FAT16..
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>you need fat32 to access the entire 10gb harddrive and

windows 98 installation disks(windows98 floppy and
windows98cd)insert the floppy disk into floppy drive and
windows98 cd into cd drive and reboot " -important you
need the OEM # or product key to install win98 from the cd
without the OEM# or product key# you willnot be able to
install the operating system

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