Just a guess.. I'm not sure that Win98 can handle a 17GB HD.

Maybe worth trying partitioning the HD to smaller sizes?

good luck


>I have an old computer which I want to reformat and reinstall an OS. But I am having a problem making the hard drive bootable.
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>Here is what I did:
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>1. Started the notebook with the Win98 start up 3.5" diskette.
>2. Executed FDISK and created a partition of about 17Gb. Made this partition active. I see it when I use the choice of View Partitions of FDISK.
>3. Format the drive C with the following command:
>FORMAT C: /S
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>But when I reboot the PC without the floppy diskette I get message something to the effect "No active partition, run FDISK".
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>What am I missing?
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>Thank you.