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Clean Install of ME
I reformatted my Maxtor 30GB HDD using fdisk. I set up
the primary DOS partition and put in the ME startup disk. The diagnostic tools are loaded to D: and the CDROM drive is lettered E: When I type setup.exe at the E: prompt I receive a message to hit enter to continue with setup. The setup briefly starts ( about 2 seconds) then I receive a message saying Windows requires 1567266 bytes on drive C: and takes me back to the A: prompt. I think for some reason, Windows is calling my primary partition D: instead of C: I have gone to fdisk and deleted the primary partition and reformatted it, but the same thing happens. I even tried setup with a different smaller HDD...same thing. It's been a long time since I used any DOS commands so maybe I'm just entering something wrong. Can anyone help? |
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After you ran FDISK did you remember to format the C: drive?
"steved" wrote in message ... I reformatted my Maxtor 30GB HDD using fdisk. I set up the primary DOS partition and put in the ME startup disk. The diagnostic tools are loaded to D: and the CDROM drive is lettered E: When I type setup.exe at the E: prompt I receive a message to hit enter to continue with setup. The setup briefly starts ( about 2 seconds) then I receive a message saying Windows requires 1567266 bytes on drive C: and takes me back to the A: prompt. I think for some reason, Windows is calling my primary partition D: instead of C: I have gone to fdisk and deleted the primary partition and reformatted it, but the same thing happens. I even tried setup with a different smaller HDD...same thing. It's been a long time since I used any DOS commands so maybe I'm just entering something wrong. Can anyone help? |
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