Make sure you install Windows on the hardware it is intended to be used within. Don't install it on one set of hardware and then swap the drive to another set. The OS is set up for use [during installation] with one specific hardware combin...
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please help i can't boot my computer i get the following Error message. Cannot create a tempary directory,if you have HPFS or NTFS installed on your hard drive,you will need to create an MS-DOS boot partition to set up windows.what must i do next in simple words please; ... "i would run fdisk but don’t know how."
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The Society I belong to has just been given a computer which has had the hard drive completely cleared. I'm trying to install Win 95 and get this message: "If you have HPFS or NTFS installed on your hard drive, you will need to create an MS-DOS Boot Partition to setup windows". ... I don't know how I did it,
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I had a dual boot system (Win95 and WinNT). I had some nasty problems with Win95, so, being stupid enough, I ran fdisk on it. Now, when I try to re-install Win95 from CD, I get a message that if I have NTFS partition, I need to create MS-DOS boot partition first.
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Keywords: Install Problem - "Create an MS-DOS B... ... I also suggest doing a fdisk /mbr to make sure every bit of the max-crap are gone. Also, make sure to set your boot partition as active!
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Questions about Partition Manager ... I have installed Linux on my computer, and now I am unable to get into the Acronis OS Selector Boot Menu (after reboot I get directly into Linux).
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Upgrading Vista To Win7 #1 #2 #3; Clean Install With Upgrade Media #1; MS Upgrade Advisor ... TuneUp Your Computer Learn How To Use Fdisk; Make Your USB Hard And CDrom Drives Work In DOS; AXS The CMOS Setup And Set Your Floppy Disk To Boot ; Make A DOS Bootdisk Get Your Mouse Working In DOS;
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Free Boot Disks IDE CDrom Drivers Included ... 2. The W2K Pro disks are zipped images from the MS CD. Best bet is to download them, upzip them to a new folder where you also put makeboot.exe and makebt32.exe into and then run one of the makeboot utils depending on if you're in dos or windows to create the diskset.
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> Untill know, i tried the MS-DOS boot disk that you can ; > make with WindowsXP (but i wasnt able to acces the CD), > and MS DOS 6.2 (this one couldnt fit in a disk) ; MS-DOS 6.2 can fit on a single floppy . . . it just depends on how much of the extra fluff you consider part of the operating system.
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Ken over at ACR Data Recovery Services says that a few of my visitors told him to ask for a link. He has software that is used for repairing boot sectors and partition tables for DOS, Win95/98 and WinNT/2000 (FAT16, FAT32, NTFS) formatted hard ... There is even more interesting fdisk information at MS-DOS Hidden Secrets.
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