Definitely Fdisk, and reformat the drive. Try to find a win98 boot dick with a CD Driver already on it. If you have trouble finding one, I can e-mail you a copy. John Florea Jr. Affordable Electronics Tumwater Wash. 98501 ----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Bower Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 2:04 PM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Friends Gateway 500 essential,won't load win98 Hi Ron the drive probably isn't blown but windows maybe.You need to boot into dos and run norton disk doctor (dos version).Sounds like the FAT is blown.There are 2 copies on the disk and norton will try to make a good copy.If that doesn't work you'll probably need to re format the disk or maybe fdisk it and then format and then reload windows Help make your TechAssist online repair tips database better! Submit your fixes here: http://www.circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips To unsubscribe write to: techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the subject line.Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com Help make your TechAssist online repair tips database better! Submit your fixes here: http://www.circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips To unsubscribe write to: techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the subject line.