Format, FDISK, Etc;

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Originally Posted by Train

And I imagine SpywareDr could get more computers than I would be able to.

:)

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Originally Posted by Nix

Haven't had a chance to 'kill' that spare HD as yet.

Don't really have to. Power down, pull either the power lead or ribbon cable from the hard drive(s), boot from a Windows 98SE floppy and type "FDISK". The screen should clear and at the top you'll see "No fixed disks present." (in bold) and under that the "A:\>" prompt.

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Originally Posted by Robert M

Hmmm.
I wonder if Microsoft changed the message generated by FDISK from their earlier versions of FDISK.

I thought the message from the Microsoft FDISK utility was one of the following:

No fixed disk present
or
No fixed disk(s) present

but not:
No fixed drives present

Technically, it's none of the above. The actual error message from Windows 98SE's FDISK is "No fixed disks present". But, because "disk" and "drive" have been used interchangeably for years now, many people get the exact wording wrong when they post their message.