FDISK FOOL

JC

Hi there,

I was having loads of prblems with trying to reinstall windows (do a search
for jc) and I,m not sure where i got the idea, but i ran fdisk on my computer
and now i have major problems. For a start I wasn't sure which options to
press and i'm ashamed to say i tried all or most of them and now my computer
can't even read from drive c. The plan was to wipe the drive and then
reinstall windows. After I ran the dreaded fdisk thingy , from a floppy disk,
i tried to go to drive c and i got this message,..............
"invalid media type reading drive c. I could acces the xp setup disk from
drive x: " but when i tried to run this i got this message........."this
program cannot be run in dos mode.........."

Please, please help.This is my daughters computer and i am now the most
hated dad in the UK.

Ta for all help.
JC

John John

Boot the computer with the Windows XP cd and follow the on screen
instructions. After you accept the EULA you will be shown available
disks on your computer and you will be able to partition and format your
disk at that screen. Unless you have a compelling reason to do
otherwise, format your partition "Full NTFS". At that screen, after you
delete and create partitions, exit the setup and reboot the computer and
start the setup again, that will avoid drive letter assignment mix ups,
like having Windows end up on a drive letter other than C.

John

JC wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I was having loads of prblems with trying to reinstall windows (do a search
> for jc) and I,m not sure where i got the idea, but i ran fdisk on my computer
> and now i have major problems. For a start I wasn't sure which options to
> press and i'm ashamed to say i tried all or most of them and now my computer
> can't even read from drive c. The plan was to wipe the drive and then
> reinstall windows. After I ran the dreaded fdisk thingy , from a floppy disk,
> i tried to go to drive c and i got this message,..............
> "invalid media type reading drive c. I could acces the xp setup disk from
> drive x: " but when i tried to run this i got this message........."this
> program cannot be run in dos mode.........."
>
> Please, please help.This is my daughters computer and i am now the most
> hated dad in the UK.
>
> Ta for all help.
> JC

JC

Hi there,

the computer will not boot from the cd. I am now getting these messages.

"an internal error has occured , can not find a place for swap file."
also,,,,,,,,,"search for boot record from cd, error loading operating system.

Ta for any help
JC


"John John" wrote:

> Boot the computer with the Windows XP cd and follow the on screen
> instructions. After you accept the EULA you will be shown available
> disks on your computer and you will be able to partition and format your
> disk at that screen. Unless you have a compelling reason to do
> otherwise, format your partition "Full NTFS". At that screen, after you
> delete and create partitions, exit the setup and reboot the computer and
> start the setup again, that will avoid drive letter assignment mix ups,
> like having Windows end up on a drive letter other than C.
>
> John
>
> JC wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I was having loads of prblems with trying to reinstall windows (do a search
> > for jc) and I,m not sure where i got the idea, but i ran fdisk on my computer
> > and now i have major problems. For a start I wasn't sure which options to
> > press and i'm ashamed to say i tried all or most of them and now my computer
> > can't even read from drive c. The plan was to wipe the drive and then
> > reinstall windows. After I ran the dreaded fdisk thingy , from a floppy disk,
> > i tried to go to drive c and i got this message,..............
> > "invalid media type reading drive c. I could acces the xp setup disk from
> > drive x: " but when i tried to run this i got this message........."this
> > program cannot be run in dos mode.........."
> >
> > Please, please help.This is my daughters computer and i am now the most
> > hated dad in the UK.
> >
> > Ta for all help.
> > JC
>
>

Tim

Make sure your boot order has the CD drive as the first device (do this from
the BIOS setup).

Tim

"JC" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi there,
>
> the computer will not boot from the cd. I am now getting these messages.
>
> "an internal error has occured , can not find a place for swap file."
> also,,,,,,,,,"search for boot record from cd, error loading operating
> system.
>
> Ta for any help
> JC
>
>
> "John John" wrote:
>
>> Boot the computer with the Windows XP cd and follow the on screen
>> instructions. After you accept the EULA you will be shown available
>> disks on your computer and you will be able to partition and format your
>> disk at that screen. Unless you have a compelling reason to do
>> otherwise, format your partition "Full NTFS". At that screen, after you
>> delete and create partitions, exit the setup and reboot the computer and
>> start the setup again, that will avoid drive letter assignment mix ups,
>> like having Windows end up on a drive letter other than C.
>>
>> John
>>
>> JC wrote:
>>
>> > Hi there,
>> >
>> > I was having loads of prblems with trying to reinstall windows (do a
>> > search
>> > for jc) and I,m not sure where i got the idea, but i ran fdisk on my
>> > computer
>> > and now i have major problems. For a start I wasn't sure which options
>> > to
>> > press and i'm ashamed to say i tried all or most of them and now my
>> > computer
>> > can't even read from drive c. The plan was to wipe the drive and then
>> > reinstall windows. After I ran the dreaded fdisk thingy , from a floppy
>> > disk,
>> > i tried to go to drive c and i got this message,..............
>> > "invalid media type reading drive c. I could acces the xp setup disk
>> > from
>> > drive x: " but when i tried to run this i got this
>> > message........."this
>> > program cannot be run in dos mode.........."
>> >
>> > Please, please help.This is my daughters computer and i am now the most
>> > hated dad in the UK.
>> >
>> > Ta for all help.
>> > JC
>>
>>

DL

and next time cross post, don't multipost
as it is different people are giving you the same advice, in different
groups

"JC" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi there,
>
> the computer will not boot from the cd. I am now getting these messages.
>
> "an internal error has occured , can not find a place for swap file."
> also,,,,,,,,,"search for boot record from cd, error loading operating
system.
>
> Ta for any help
> JC
>
>
> "John John" wrote:
>
> > Boot the computer with the Windows XP cd and follow the on screen
> > instructions. After you accept the EULA you will be shown available
> > disks on your computer and you will be able to partition and format your
> > disk at that screen. Unless you have a compelling reason to do
> > otherwise, format your partition "Full NTFS". At that screen, after you
> > delete and create partitions, exit the setup and reboot the computer and
> > start the setup again, that will avoid drive letter assignment mix ups,
> > like having Windows end up on a drive letter other than C.
> >
> > John
> >
> > JC wrote:
> >
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I was having loads of prblems with trying to reinstall windows (do a
search
> > > for jc) and I,m not sure where i got the idea, but i ran fdisk on my
computer
> > > and now i have major problems. For a start I wasn't sure which options
to
> > > press and i'm ashamed to say i tried all or most of them and now my
computer
> > > can't even read from drive c. The plan was to wipe the drive and then
> > > reinstall windows. After I ran the dreaded fdisk thingy , from a
floppy disk,
> > > i tried to go to drive c and i got this message,..............
> > > "invalid media type reading drive c. I could acces the xp setup disk
from
> > > drive x: " but when i tried to run this i got this
message........."this
> > > program cannot be run in dos mode.........."
> > >
> > > Please, please help.This is my daughters computer and i am now the
most
> > > hated dad in the UK.
> > >
> > > Ta for all help.
> > > JC
> >
> >

Peter Foldes

JC

How are you booting from the XP CD. You need to put in the XP CD and shut down the computer with the CD in the computer. Then open the computer with the CD in it.

It seems that you put the CD in the computer and you tried to start it without shutting down or restarting.

Also if you want to use the 98 FDisk instead of the XP CD let me know and I will give you step by step

--
Peter

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"JC" <> wrote in message news:...
> Hi there,
>
> the computer will not boot from the cd. I am now getting these messages.
>
> "an internal error has occured , can not find a place for swap file."
> also,,,,,,,,,"search for boot record from cd, error loading operating system.
>
> Ta for any help
> JC
>
>
> "John John" wrote:
>
>> Boot the computer with the Windows XP cd and follow the on screen
>> instructions. After you accept the EULA you will be shown available
>> disks on your computer and you will be able to partition and format your
>> disk at that screen. Unless you have a compelling reason to do
>> otherwise, format your partition "Full NTFS". At that screen, after you
>> delete and create partitions, exit the setup and reboot the computer and
>> start the setup again, that will avoid drive letter assignment mix ups,
>> like having Windows end up on a drive letter other than C.
>>
>> John
>>
>> JC wrote:
>>
>> > Hi there,
>> >
>> > I was having loads of prblems with trying to reinstall windows (do a search
>> > for jc) and I,m not sure where i got the idea, but i ran fdisk on my computer
>> > and now i have major problems. For a start I wasn't sure which options to
>> > press and i'm ashamed to say i tried all or most of them and now my computer
>> > can't even read from drive c. The plan was to wipe the drive and then
>> > reinstall windows. After I ran the dreaded fdisk thingy , from a floppy disk,
>> > i tried to go to drive c and i got this message,..............
>> > "invalid media type reading drive c. I could acces the xp setup disk from
>> > drive x: " but when i tried to run this i got this message........."this
>> > program cannot be run in dos mode.........."
>> >
>> > Please, please help.This is my daughters computer and i am now the most
>> > hated dad in the UK.
>> >
>> > Ta for all help.
>> > JC
>>
>>