fdisk'd, del partition, help? :(

I had a win 98 computer and wanted to wipe it clean, but my a drive isn't
functioning so using a start up disk wasn't an option.

I inserted my win 98 cd and did the fdisk which asked me what to do with
partitions. I chose to delete the partition with tons of info on it and
rebooted.

Then I restarted with cd support and got the welcome to windows setup
screen. Then it said my drive wasn't properly configured for win 98 (first
sign of major screw up) and so I rebooted again.

This time it says I don't have enough space for Win 98, which I most
certainly should

At the c prompt, I typed in dir. It says Volume in drive c has no label
Volume Serial Number i s0037-8016
Directory of c:\

File not found
8,200,192 bytes free


Does anyone have a clue what I can do at this point?

I'd so appreciate some guidance here!

TIA,
Mary

"Mary E. Hill" wrote in message
...
I had a win 98 computer and wanted to wipe it clean, but my a drive isn't
functioning so using a start up disk wasn't an option.

I inserted my win 98 cd and did the fdisk which asked me what to do with
partitions. I chose to delete the partition with tons of info on it and
rebooted.

Then I restarted with cd support and got the welcome to windows setup
screen. Then it said my drive wasn't properly configured for win 98 (first
sign of major screw up) and so I rebooted again.

This time it says I don't have enough space for Win 98, which I most
certainly should

At the c prompt, I typed in dir. It says Volume in drive c has no label
Volume Serial Number i s0037-8016
Directory of c:\

File not found
8,200,192 bytes free


Does anyone have a clue what I can do at this point?

I'd so appreciate some guidance here!


sounds like your harddrive has failed
you should go to the site of the drive's mfg and see if they have a
diagnostic
utility...
if it checks bad you need to either discard it
or return it for warranty if applicable

You say you deleted the partition with fdisk. You say nothing about
creating a new partition and then formatting it. Did you?

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Mary E. Hill" wrote in message
...
I had a win 98 computer and wanted to wipe it clean, but my a drive isn't
functioning so using a start up disk wasn't an option.

I inserted my win 98 cd and did the fdisk which asked me what to do with
partitions. I chose to delete the partition with tons of info on it and
rebooted.

Then I restarted with cd support and got the welcome to windows setup
screen. Then it said my drive wasn't properly configured for win 98 (first
sign of major screw up) and so I rebooted again.

This time it says I don't have enough space for Win 98, which I most
certainly should

At the c prompt, I typed in dir. It says Volume in drive c has no label
Volume Serial Number i s0037-8016
Directory of c:\

File not found
8,200,192 bytes free


Does anyone have a clue what I can do at this point?

I'd so appreciate some guidance here!

TIA,
Mary

You hit on it! That's what I did now and I've got the computer up & running,
but now I lost my monitor driver, etc. I went online on my other computer,
but I can't seem to get the system to recognize the new driver - even after
deleting the monitor, restarting and choosing the driver I downloaded it
just goes back to the generic settings (640 x 480!) with terrible color
settings.

I found my restoration disk sleeve (empty of course...).

Ugh. I'm glad I don't do this for a living!

-Mary


"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
You say you deleted the partition with fdisk. You say nothing about
creating a new partition and then formatting it. Did you?

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Mary E. Hill" wrote in message
...
I had a win 98 computer and wanted to wipe it clean, but my a drive
isn't
functioning so using a start up disk wasn't an option.

I inserted my win 98 cd and did the fdisk which asked me what to do with
partitions. I chose to delete the partition with tons of info on it and
rebooted.

Then I restarted with cd support and got the welcome to windows setup
screen. Then it said my drive wasn't properly configured for win 98
(first
sign of major screw up) and so I rebooted again.

This time it says I don't have enough space for Win 98, which I most
certainly should

At the c prompt, I typed in dir. It says Volume in drive c has no label
Volume Serial Number i s0037-8016
Directory of c:\

File not found
8,200,192 bytes free


Does anyone have a clue what I can do at this point?

I'd so appreciate some guidance here!

TIA,
Mary

You are looking at the wrong driver--it is the display adapter driver you
need to change. Here is my standard blurb:

When the correct screen resolution (screen area) or the right number of
colors are not available choices in display properties, settings tab, then
it is a good bet you do not have the right driver installed for your display
adapter. The display adapter in your PC is either a video card or a display
chipset on the motherboard.

If you received a CD or floppy disks with drivers along with your PC, see if
they contain a display adapter driver and install it using: control panel,
system, device manager, display adapter.

If you know what display adapter your PC has but you have no disks, use
www.google.com to track down the correct driver on the internet.

If you do not know what display adapter your PC uses, you can go to a MS-DOS
prompt and type: Debug and hit enter. The screen will display a
flashing prompt next to a - sign. Type: DC000:35 (DC000:50 may also work)
and hit enter. The name and possibly model of your display adapter should
appear on the right hand side of the screen. To quit Debug, type Q and hit
enter. If Debug is not helpful, you can try this program: Advanced PCI
Info, available at: http://www.upsystems.com.ua/support/alexmina/ If all
else fails, you will have to remove the computer case. Look at where the
monitor plugs into the back of the case and then check that location inside
the case. If there is a card there, you obviously have a video card and if
not, you have on board graphics. Write down any information displayed on
either the card or the chipset on the motherboard. Then use www.google.com
to search for the information. Do not include all the data you found in one
search message--search on each piece individually. If you include all the
information at once, you might not get a hit.

I have found that a video card will generally have to be removed in order to
see the information. Be careful of static electricity as it can fry
components. Before touching anything in the computer case (the cord is
unplugged, right?), ground yourself to the case by touching it. Don't work
on carpeting since shuffling your feet on it can generate static electricity
after you grounded yourself. Remove the one screw that holds the card in
place and using a rocking motion (left to right and back) and pull the card
straight out.

Once you have the right driver, install it through control panel, system,
device manager or through control panel, add new hardware, as appropriate.


--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Mary E. Hill" wrote in message
...
You hit on it! That's what I did now and I've got the computer up &
running,
but now I lost my monitor driver, etc. I went online on my other computer,
but I can't seem to get the system to recognize the new driver - even
after
deleting the monitor, restarting and choosing the driver I downloaded it
just goes back to the generic settings (640 x 480!) with terrible color
settings.

I found my restoration disk sleeve (empty of course...).

Ugh. I'm glad I don't do this for a living!

-Mary


"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
You say you deleted the partition with fdisk. You say nothing about
creating a new partition and then formatting it. Did you?

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Mary E. Hill" wrote in message
...
I had a win 98 computer and wanted to wipe it clean, but my a drive
isn't
functioning so using a start up disk wasn't an option.

I inserted my win 98 cd and did the fdisk which asked me what to do
with
partitions. I chose to delete the partition with tons of info on it
and
rebooted.

Then I restarted with cd support and got the welcome to windows setup
screen. Then it said my drive wasn't properly configured for win 98
(first
sign of major screw up) and so I rebooted again.

This time it says I don't have enough space for Win 98, which I most
certainly should

At the c prompt, I typed in dir. It says Volume in drive c has no
label
Volume Serial Number i s0037-8016
Directory of c:\

File not found
8,200,192 bytes free


Does anyone have a clue what I can do at this point?

I'd so appreciate some guidance here!

TIA,
Mary

Ron, you definitely know your stuff & I'm glad you do!! I just now managed
to find the time to do this and it worked great.

Now I'm wondering if I can't do the same type move for the sound card. Is
there another "DC000:??" that I could use to discover what sound card I have
or do I need to do something else?

If you know, I'd appreciate hearing about it Or anyone else!

Thanks SO much,

Mary


"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
You are looking at the wrong driver--it is the display adapter driver you
need to change. Here is my standard blurb:

When the correct screen resolution (screen area) or the right number of
colors are not available choices in display properties, settings tab, then
it is a good bet you do not have the right driver installed for your
display
adapter. The display adapter in your PC is either a video card or a
display
chipset on the motherboard.

If you received a CD or floppy disks with drivers along with your PC, see
if
they contain a display adapter driver and install it using: control panel,
system, device manager, display adapter.

If you know what display adapter your PC has but you have no disks, use
www.google.com to track down the correct driver on the internet.

If you do not know what display adapter your PC uses, you can go to a
MS-DOS
prompt and type: Debug and hit enter. The screen will display a
flashing prompt next to a - sign. Type: DC000:35 (DC000:50 may also
work)
and hit enter. The name and possibly model of your display adapter should
appear on the right hand side of the screen. To quit Debug, type Q and
hit
enter. If Debug is not helpful, you can try this program: Advanced PCI
Info, available at: http://www.upsystems.com.ua/support/alexmina/ If
all
else fails, you will have to remove the computer case. Look at where the
monitor plugs into the back of the case and then check that location
inside
the case. If there is a card there, you obviously have a video card and
if
not, you have on board graphics. Write down any information displayed on
either the card or the chipset on the motherboard. Then use
www.google.com
to search for the information. Do not include all the data you found in
one
search message--search on each piece individually. If you include all the
information at once, you might not get a hit.

I have found that a video card will generally have to be removed in order
to
see the information. Be careful of static electricity as it can fry
components. Before touching anything in the computer case (the cord is
unplugged, right?), ground yourself to the case by touching it. Don't
work
on carpeting since shuffling your feet on it can generate static
electricity
after you grounded yourself. Remove the one screw that holds the card in
place and using a rocking motion (left to right and back) and pull the
card
straight out.

Once you have the right driver, install it through control panel, system,
device manager or through control panel, add new hardware, as appropriate.


--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

I don't know if there is a way to find out the sound card make other than
visual inspection similar to what you'd do for the video driver.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Mary E. Hill" wrote in message
...
Ron, you definitely know your stuff & I'm glad you do!! I just now
managed
to find the time to do this and it worked great.

Now I'm wondering if I can't do the same type move for the sound card. Is
there another "DC000:??" that I could use to discover what sound card I
have
or do I need to do something else?

If you know, I'd appreciate hearing about it Or anyone else!

Thanks SO much,

Mary


"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
You are looking at the wrong driver--it is the display adapter driver
you
need to change. Here is my standard blurb:

When the correct screen resolution (screen area) or the right number of
colors are not available choices in display properties, settings tab,
then
it is a good bet you do not have the right driver installed for your
display
adapter. The display adapter in your PC is either a video card or a
display
chipset on the motherboard.

If you received a CD or floppy disks with drivers along with your PC,
see
if
they contain a display adapter driver and install it using: control
panel,
system, device manager, display adapter.

If you know what display adapter your PC has but you have no disks, use
www.google.com to track down the correct driver on the internet.

If you do not know what display adapter your PC uses, you can go to a
MS-DOS
prompt and type: Debug and hit enter. The screen will display a
flashing prompt next to a - sign. Type: DC000:35 (DC000:50 may also
work)
and hit enter. The name and possibly model of your display adapter
should
appear on the right hand side of the screen. To quit Debug, type Q and
hit
enter. If Debug is not helpful, you can try this program: Advanced PCI
Info, available at: http://www.upsystems.com.ua/support/alexmina/ If
all
else fails, you will have to remove the computer case. Look at where
the
monitor plugs into the back of the case and then check that location
inside
the case. If there is a card there, you obviously have a video card and
if
not, you have on board graphics. Write down any information displayed
on
either the card or the chipset on the motherboard. Then use
www.google.com
to search for the information. Do not include all the data you found in
one
search message--search on each piece individually. If you include all
the
information at once, you might not get a hit.

I have found that a video card will generally have to be removed in
order
to
see the information. Be careful of static electricity as it can fry
components. Before touching anything in the computer case (the cord is
unplugged, right?), ground yourself to the case by touching it. Don't
work
on carpeting since shuffling your feet on it can generate static
electricity
after you grounded yourself. Remove the one screw that holds the card
in
place and using a rocking motion (left to right and back) and pull the
card
straight out.

Once you have the right driver, install it through control panel,
system,
device manager or through control panel, add new hardware, as
appropriate.


--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

Thanks for the help! I'll keep working on it

Mary


"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
I don't know if there is a way to find out the sound card make other than
visual inspection similar to what you'd do for the video driver.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Mary E. Hill" wrote in message
...
Ron, you definitely know your stuff & I'm glad you do!! I just now
managed
to find the time to do this and it worked great.

Now I'm wondering if I can't do the same type move for the sound card.
Is
there another "DC000:??" that I could use to discover what sound card I
have
or do I need to do something else?

If you know, I'd appreciate hearing about it Or anyone else!

Thanks SO much,

Mary


"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
You are looking at the wrong driver--it is the display adapter driver
you
need to change. Here is my standard blurb:

When the correct screen resolution (screen area) or the right number
of
colors are not available choices in display properties, settings tab,
then
it is a good bet you do not have the right driver installed for your
display
adapter. The display adapter in your PC is either a video card or a
display
chipset on the motherboard.

If you received a CD or floppy disks with drivers along with your PC,
see
if
they contain a display adapter driver and install it using: control
panel,
system, device manager, display adapter.

If you know what display adapter your PC has but you have no disks,
use
www.google.com to track down the correct driver on the internet.

If you do not know what display adapter your PC uses, you can go to a
MS-DOS
prompt and type: Debug and hit enter. The screen will display
a
flashing prompt next to a - sign. Type: DC000:35 (DC000:50 may also
work)
and hit enter. The name and possibly model of your display adapter
should
appear on the right hand side of the screen. To quit Debug, type Q
and
hit
enter. If Debug is not helpful, you can try this program: Advanced
PCI
Info, available at: http://www.upsystems.com.ua/support/alexmina/
If
all
else fails, you will have to remove the computer case. Look at where
the
monitor plugs into the back of the case and then check that location
inside
the case. If there is a card there, you obviously have a video card
and
if
not, you have on board graphics. Write down any information displayed
on
either the card or the chipset on the motherboard. Then use
www.google.com
to search for the information. Do not include all the data you found
in
one
search message--search on each piece individually. If you include all
the
information at once, you might not get a hit.

I have found that a video card will generally have to be removed in
order
to
see the information. Be careful of static electricity as it can fry
components. Before touching anything in the computer case (the cord
is
unplugged, right?), ground yourself to the case by touching it. Don't
work
on carpeting since shuffling your feet on it can generate static
electricity
after you grounded yourself. Remove the one screw that holds the card
in
place and using a rocking motion (left to right and back) and pull the
card
straight out.

Once you have the right driver, install it through control panel,
system,
device manager or through control panel, add new hardware, as
appropriate.


--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo