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December 4th, 2002, 12:02 AM
#1
Invalid Partition Table on 20 Gig.
I recently put Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 3 on a Maxtor 20 gig 5400 rpm hard drive. I formatted it and now I can't boot from a Windows 98SE boot disk. When I start my computer, it says Operating system not found. Then I hit spacebar and it says Invalid Partition Table. How can I fix that??
Cause if I fix that problem, I will be able to boot from a 98 boot disk.
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December 4th, 2002, 01:29 AM
#2
The contents of the hard drive should have no effect on the bootdisk
are you actually trying to read the C: drive after booting from the floppy?
Because if you formatted the hd using the NTFS file system... you can't
Rapmaster
(I don't like rap music.)
Microsoft MVP,
Windows - Shell/User
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December 4th, 2002, 10:43 PM
#3
I want to install 98 on it. I dont know what file system i have. Ntfs or fat32??? I can't use fdisk obviously because I can't boot from the 98 disk. But I can boot from the Windows 2000 boot disks???
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December 4th, 2002, 10:56 PM
#4
Delpart.exe
Download to a floppy.
Boot with a normal bootdisk, no cdrom support needed.
When it is at the A:\
Remove the bootdisk and insert the Delpart floppy
After the floppy light goes out
type in; delpart and hit enter
The gui will open and you will see a partition highlighted.
Hit the delete key and then hit enter.
Repeat for each partition
when all are remove
Hit Alt-F arrow down to exit and hit enter.
reboot
http://www.russelltexas.com/delpart.htm
Yes it will wipe out XP, nt and Linux partitions. What I use it for.
WARNING...WIPE OUT will remove ALL data from the Hard Drive
Last edited by Train; December 4th, 2002 at 11:03 PM.
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