[triadtechtalk] Re: Old Pentium won't boot to Windows

From: Armando Barreiro <avbsantos@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:55:51 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

When at A:\

type C:\ and tap on "Enter"

If you get a C:\ prompt type dir

What does it say?

THus:

A:\ C: press "Enter"

now at C:

C:\dir press "Enter"

If C: is good and accessible, then dir will list the contents of the HDD C:

To repartition C: look here:

he Four Steps Needed to Make a Hard Disk Usable
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q66/7/06.ASP
How to Use Fdisk and Format to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q255/8/67.ASP

Or to clean install an Operating System on any PC:

http://datadr.com/redir.cfm/CleanInstall/

HTH,

Armando in SE FL

-----Original Message-----
From: RobertHenr@xxxxxxx
Sent: Jul 26, 2004 8:26 PM
To: triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [triadtechtalk] Old Pentium won't boot to Windows

Hi,

I was given an old Pentium computer (A-Open) with no info. Using one of my old boot disk I can get to the A prompt. But then it is a "no go" when I type in Win 3.1, Win98, etc. I get 6 lines of "Invalid drive in search path" and then "Bad command or File Name". My old 486 computer was set up so that the A prompt showed and then I would type Win 31 to get to Windows or some other combination (like WH for World History) to get to different programs. I checked the connections and everything was tight. Someone suggest that I use Fdksk. I have never used Fdisk but this is what I get when I use it.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Fdisk.exe gives me:

1. Create DOS partition or logical DOS drive
2. Set active partition
3.Delete partition or logical DOS drive
4. Display partition info
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When I click on number 4, I get:

Partition Status Type Mbytes usage
1 A Non-DOS 1624 100%
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Clicking on number1, I get:

Current fixed disk drive 1
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Clicking on number 2, I get:

The same as clicking on number 4 with the addition of:
"The only startable partition on drive 1 is already set active"
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Clicking on number 3, I get:

1. Delete Primary DOS partition
2. Delete extended DOS partition
3. delete Logical DOS drive(s) in the extended DOS partition
4. Delete Non-DOS partition

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I assume that I should delete number 4, the non-DOS partition, but am a leary of deleting anything when I don't know what I am doing. :-)

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Robert in NE PA


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