Windows XP -> Win98se?

Did he use fdisk to delete the non dos partitions?

 

Yup, and he created a new primary partition and made it active...

 

And rebooted?

 

yup...

 

Type fdisk again...and choose #4....read what the drive info is telling you.
Some fdisk and format reading

 

I'm questioning that he has in fact deleted the partition....so let's try again:
At the A:> type "fdisk" (No quotes) and press the enter key.

You should then be asked "do you wish to enable large disk support (Y/N) ".........?Press [Y] Then press the enter key.

In the next screen enter option 3.
Delete partition or Logical DOS drive.

At the next screen choose 4.
Delete NON-DOS Partition.

After the partition has been removed return to the FDISK menu and choose option 1.
Create DOS Patrtition or Logical DOS Drive.

At the next screen choose option 1.
Create primary DOS Partition.

Continue the steps to create a FAT32 partition.

Once you're done you will be able to use the format utility.

 

Current Fix Disk 1

Partition
c:
Status A
Type
PRI Dos

System Unknown

Usage 100%

Bytes 19093



He's gonna bring the system down, so I should be able to tell you more in a little while... Again, thanks for you help

 

98 *****. The problem with 95/98 is that it was allowed to access the hardware directly (in it's nature of design). Which is why it was such an unstable OS. (reboot, hang etc)

Now win2000 SP4 is a stable environment. XP is fairly stable when patched. My bet is that XP will be as stable as win2k was,with time (read: SPs). Give it time

 

I have no idea where all the instability remarks come from about 95 and 98. But 98 SE was ( is ) an improvement over the previous versions.

I have NEVER had any such problem. Could it be because I used software and hardware and drivers that were compatable with each other ?

If I did have problems it was 99% of the time Ol' BillyBobs fault by trying to use DRIVERS that were not sutibale for MY COMBINATION of OS, hardware and software.

Supposed newer and better drivers were sometimes anything but.

When you refer to Windows 95/98 please state which version you are refering to.

95 original ( 95a ) Retail version
or OSR2 ( 95b ) Non-retail version

98 First Edition with ALL of the patches applied ( IN PROPER ORDER )
98 FE with SP1 applied ( Don't try to use the same patches. )
or 98 SE ( the most stable of the three )

Was 95 or 98 installed clean or overtop of and existing OS to fix problems. ( the latter is a NO-NO )

I have two machines with 98SE on them. They are JUST AS STABLE and reliable as this one with XP Pro. And one of them has had SE on it since the day SE was born and put on sale.

Yes I did need to re-install SE on it ONCE. But it was due to my STUPIDTY in getting out of the MS DOS Mode. ( it was in a DUAL Boot situation ) I did not pay attention to where I was and just shut the machine down. I thought that I was at the Command Prompt from the Boot Menu. WRONG !!!

Many times the instability IS NOT DUE to the OS itself

So. I am still looking for the instability parts of 98.

I do not know anything about 2K. But my XP Pro is far from being unstable. I just do not find it to be any better than SE ( other then eating up 3 times as much disk space. )

Again I do not intend to knowingly dump XP. But also I would not miss it if it did take a trip South. I still have my 98SE HD to plug back in and keep right on going. In fact I just pugged it in this AM and got the AV and anything else that needed updating Updated.

BillyBob

 

Uhm, yeah :-\

Anywho, problem solved now. He repeated the steps above (thanks Daizy ) and has now formatted the hdd and installed 98se.

I used 98se for years without any major problems, but decided to upgrade to Win2k last September because it provides better USB support which I needed for my dsl modem which wouldn't work under 98se. I have not had one single problem with 2k yet, not even any minor software crashes and the machine is on 24/7.

Several friends have XP Home/Pro and most do nothing but complain about how unstable it is, and about how resource hungry it is. Not to mention the size of a basic install and the way everything is intergrated (I don't want to use IE or Media Player or any other intergrated M$ software, so why does it have to be installed). And my biggest complaint is the basic look (which I know can be changed), but why does it look like a kids early learning centre by default?

As soon as someone else starts challenging M$ for popularity in the marketplace (which ok, may not be for some time), I'll start using something other than Mr Gates' software.

Thanks to those who helped, it is very much appreciated

Guess this topic can be closed now...

 

You're so very welcome JimmyHetfield . Glad you got it all sorted out.

 

JimmyHetfield

Glad to read that you now have things working better.


BB

 

Daizy said

I, too, am having the same frustration. I ranted about it here.

Glad you got it sorted out and fixed, JimmyHetfield. Ain't Daizy marvelous?

Johanna

 

Awwww Johanna

But this needs to be put on a sticker and stuck to my forehead!