CD ROM drive failed during WIN98 reinstall

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charles bridges - 16 Oct 2005 02:04 GMT

CD ROM drive failed during WIN98 install. Replaced CD drive and tried
again. Ran FDISK again and I must have messed up somewhere. Now when I try
to install 98 I get a message like this:
Windows 98 has detected that drive C: does not contain a valid fat or fat32
partition. There are several possible causes
1. The drive may need to be partitioned. To create a partition run FDISK.

2- You may be using third party disk-part software. If you atre using this
type software, remove emergency boot disk and restart computer following
instructions on the

I have rebooted and run FDISK and still get the same thing. Makes no
changes at all.

Any advice will be appreciated.
Charles

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Don Phillipson - 16 Oct 2005 02:31 GMT

> CD ROM drive failed during WIN98 install. Replaced CD drive and tried
> again. Ran FDISK again and I must have messed up somewhere. Now when I try
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> I have rebooted and run FDISK and still get the same thing. Makes no
> changes at all.

Repost telling what FDISK reports about your C: drive.
It should be made (by FDISK) a Primary DOS partition.

After creating any partition, you must FORMAT it. (You
did not mention this.) From a DOS boot the command is
FORMAT C: /S

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

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charles bridges - 16 Oct 2005 20:04 GMT

> > CD ROM drive failed during WIN98 install. Replaced CD drive and tried
> > again. Ran FDISK again and I must have messed up somewhere. Now when I
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> did not mention this.) From a DOS boot the command is
> FORMAT C: /S

FDISK reports:
format not supported on drivce C:
format terminated

Thanks for any help
Charles

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Don Phillipson - 17 Oct 2005 13:19 GMT

> > > CD ROM drive failed during WIN98 install. Replaced CD drive and tried
> > > again. Ran FDISK again and I must have messed up somewhere. Now when I
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> > did not mention this.) From a DOS boot the command is
> > FORMAT C: /S

> FDISK reports:
> format not supported on drivce C:
> format terminated

1. Boot DOS and run FDISK on the hard drive (or first
hard drive if two are fitted.)
2. Remove all or any partitions
3. Create a new partition of type Primary DOS
(selecting Y = Yes for large drives).
4. Reboot DOS and
A:FORMAT C: /S

If either FDISK or (after the preceding steps) FORMAT
will not run, the hard drive is either improperly connected
or irreparable.

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

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mdp - 17 Oct 2005 00:24 GMT

Sounds like it isn't recognizing you have partitions. Try repartitioning
with FDISK. Make sure you select large HD support (enter 'Y') if asked at
FDISK startup to get FAT32. Then execute the command

FDISK /mbr

to rewrite the Master Boot Record. This KB article explains more:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q69013/

> CD ROM drive failed during WIN98 install. Replaced CD drive and tried
> again. Ran FDISK again and I must have messed up somewhere. Now when I
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> Any advice will be appreciated.
> Charles

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charles bridges - 17 Oct 2005 03:58 GMT

> Sounds like it isn't recognizing you have partitions. Try repartitioning
> with FDISK. Make sure you select large HD support (enter 'Y') if asked at
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> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q69013/
>Thanks

Tried it again and this time at the A: prompt I typed C:-
At C: I typed FDISK /mbr Then I get "no fixed disk installed"
What does that mean? What should I do now?
Thanks in advance
Charles

> > CD ROM drive failed during WIN98 install. Replaced CD drive and tried
> > again. Ran FDISK again and I must have messed up somewhere. Now when I
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> > Any advice will be appreciated.
> > Charles

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Ben Myers - 17 Oct 2005 14:39 GMT

Open the case and unplug and reseat the cables that connect the hard drive
to the motherboard. Then try Fdisk again.

Ben

> CD ROM drive failed during WIN98 install. Replaced CD drive and tried
> again. Ran FDISK again and I must have messed up somewhere. Now when I try
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> Any advice will be appreciated.
> Charles

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