> Usually that happens when the HDD is wrongly partitioned, even if Fdis
> had
> been used. In this case Fdisk from Win95/98 may not correct thi
> problem --
> but there are several ways to solve it. I prefer Bootit Nex
> Generation,
> www.bootitng.com (30-day fully functional shareware).
>
> You can download bootitng.zip from there, unpack the archive, and ru
> the
> extracted Bootitng.exe to create a bootable diskette. Boot from thi
> diskette,
> cancel "Continue" window, confirm the next message, and selec
> Partition Work
> button at the left.
>
> As I understood, your HDD contains no data. Then delete all th
> partitions of
> it (were there a data on HDD -- it would be lost at this step), an
> create the
> primary FAT32 partition with the size of your choice, with formatting
> In a
> few seconds, after format is finished, you can cancel Surface Test t
> save
> your time.
>
> Make this partition active.
>
> Quit Partition Work, and quit Bootit NG (a button at the right botto
> of its
> window). Remove BootitNG diskette, and insert your Win98 setu
> diskette.
>
> I think, all will be Ok after that.
>
> --
> Mikhail Zhilin
> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
> Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
> Please reply to the newsgroups only.
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