AHHH... she said -- not having realized the significance of FDISK. Sigh.
Will do this before trying to re-install -- which is looking more and more
like a floppy install -- 40 floppies, how many hours? <rhetorical>
>I've found that just reformatting the disk isn't always
>enough with win95 -- hence, the FDISK suggestion. Win98
>creates a "non-DOS" partition due to it's 32-bit file
>system. Win95 service release 2 also uses a 32-bit file
>system, but I'm not sure it is compatible with win98's.
>That's why the partition needs to be deleted first so
>that win95 is forced to create its own partition.
>
>Good luck,
>
>Tom Fosson
>
>At 11:39 PM 1/18/99 -0800, Kathy E. Gill wrote:
>>hi, there - well, I completely reformatted the hard drive, so there were NO
>>vestiges of win98 remaining. however, the reformat et al was with the win95
>>rescue disk - the one created by win95.
>>
>>i have two offers of Win95 on disk ... that's looking like my only solution
>>at this point. sigh.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>You may have already tried this, but if not, boot up the
>>>laptop with a win95 rescue disk or one with FDISK.EXE on
>>>it. When you run FDISK from the DOS prompt, be sure to
>>>delete any existing partitions (probably labeled as a
>>>"NON-DOS" partition if left over from win98.) Then,
>>>re-boot the laptop with your "Windows 95 Startup Boot
>>>Disk" and let it partition and format the hard disk the
>>>way it wants.
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