new hard drive no msdos.... December 10, 2004, 02:24:55 PM now how do i format a hard drive with no msdos? Quote Selected
Re: new hard drive no msdos.... Reply #1 – December 10, 2004, 02:39:00 PM Do you have an operating system cd like windows 98/2000/or XP?If not if you still have the old HD with an OS on it you can slave the drive and use the OS itself to format it. Quote Selected
Re: new hard drive no msdos.... Reply #2 – December 10, 2004, 02:43:10 PM ok how the hell can u slave a hard drive on a laptop? and i have windows xp pro for an os Quote Selected
Re: new hard drive no msdos.... Reply #3 – December 10, 2004, 02:44:06 PM Stick in the CD and make sure your BIOS boots from it. You should be able to format and install XP then. Quote Selected
Re: new hard drive no msdos.... Reply #4 – December 10, 2004, 02:46:59 PM ive tryed that and it still comes up no operating system. also i have only 2 choices when i go into set up. disskette only and boot from drive. i tryed the boot from drive and it tells me no operating system and doesn't load at all. cd rom i use. Quote Selected
Re: new hard drive no msdos.... Reply #5 – December 10, 2004, 02:51:20 PM Well, lets get to the basics... what type of computer? i.e. brand, processor, floppy drive or not... yada yada. Quote Selected
Re: new hard drive no msdos.... Reply #6 – December 10, 2004, 02:53:13 PM it is a dell latitude lm 133mghz processor new 20 gig hard drive 84 meg ram i do beive interchangabul drive cd rom is in it now but i can change it to a floppy if neccisary. Quote Selected
Re: new hard drive no msdos.... Reply #7 – December 10, 2004, 03:00:51 PM Well, that poses a dilema now doesn't it, hmmm. Well my suggestion would be to put the floppy drive in, find a bootable floppy (preferably windows 98). Boot the computer with it and fdisk and format the drive. Once that's done do a sys command from the floppy to the hard drive. This will make the hard drive bootable, then copy the files from the 98 boot disk onto the hard drive. Once that's done swap the cd drive back in and use the hard drive to load the cd-rom and run it. Should work, it's been a while so i'm a bit rusty on dos. Quote Selected
Re: new hard drive no msdos.... Reply #8 – December 10, 2004, 03:06:00 PM ok heres the one major prob. i have no boot disk at all. now how do i make one? Quote Selected
Re: new hard drive no msdos.... Reply #9 – December 10, 2004, 03:10:12 PM What OS are you running on the PC you're using right now? If it's 98 or you have access to a 98 machine, use it to make a bootable floppy. That floppy will contain the FDISK tool as well as Generic CD-Rom drivers to get you started. Do exactly as nirvanagod says after that. Quote Selected
Re: new hard drive no msdos.... Reply #10 – December 10, 2004, 03:13:41 PM windows xp home on this one on the old hard driv on the laptop windows 98 second edition Quote Selected
Re: new hard drive no msdos.... Reply #11 – December 10, 2004, 03:14:19 PM Well, 'nother dillema. Do you have any machines that are windows 98 or know of anyone that does? Quote Selected
Re: new hard drive no msdos.... Reply #12 – December 10, 2004, 03:16:02 PM Use the old drive for a bit, and don't format it for a while after. It'll come in handy. And if you need help figuring the boot disk thing let us know. Quote Selected
Re: new hard drive no msdos.... Reply #13 – December 10, 2004, 03:17:23 PM the old one is in there now now where do i find the program to make the bootabul floppy? on 98 and xp Quote Selected
Re: new hard drive no msdos.... Reply #14 – December 10, 2004, 03:20:05 PM In 98 you need to go under Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and it's in there under one of the tabs. Quote Selected
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