[TechAssist] Re: Win 98 Lost partition
- From: Bil Green <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: George Afana <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 19:58:59 -0700
We don't even know what his problem is
"no disk.check with fdisk,no partition." is rather vague.
If FDISK can't find a partition, why did XP? (he booted up an XP CD to
upgrade?). The first step is see if the MBR, or some Windows files
need fixing (after verifying that the HD is detected).
Bil Green
PC 1000
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
760-924-1000
Saturday, October 23, 2004, 5:00:20 PM, you wrote:
GA> Barry,
GA> Windows 98 uses 16 bit fats and will not work with 32 bit fats, you need at
GA> least 98SE or later OS.
GA> George
GA> Afana Electronics
GA> Moreno Valley, CA
GA> ----- Original Message -----
GA> From: "Barry Thompson" <barrystv@xxxxxxx>
GA> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
GA> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 12:46 PM
GA> Subject: [TechAssist] Win 98 Lost partition
>> Hi: Booted up my win 98 computer. no disk.check with fdisk,no partition.
>> booted with xp disk and it shows my fat 32 partiton. Is there a way to
>> recover it? Thanks Barry
>> barrystv@xxxxxxx
>> Barrys TV
>> Ottawa Canada
>>
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