FDisking!

[Chrisp7]

Hi, I am having problems trying to FDisk and format my system. I have been advised to do this to give a nice clean disk to install from. I am currently running Windows Me and have the CD and bootup disk. I have so far got to booting up the computer using the disk and at the A: prompt writing FDisk c: and it said wrong version or something i'm not too sure. What am I doing wrong? Is it as Windows Me doesn't use DOS??
Any replies would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Chris

 

[MrAnderson]

If you can get a hold of an older version disk like win95 or 98 and use that to boot the system.

 

[Zach]

The version of fdisk has to match the system. You could try the GPL FDisk if you want to get around it, or partition magic. I have the files for GPL FDisk and can't find a URL, you could PM or email me if you want it. Searh would work too.

 

[SeraphV]

I would go to bootdisk.com and grab an older boot disk like 98
booting from A: you can skip through all the cd-rom B.S. by hitting Shift+F5
From A: type fdisk
It'll tell you that your HD is larger than 512 (I hope it does. You're a weirdo to install anything higher than 95 on something that small)
So there, type Y
Delete all you partitions with option 3
then use option 1 to re-setup your partitions
If you make more than 1 partition, use option 2 to set the active partition.

Remember - you must format a partition before you can y00se it