tried to partition and . . . . .

[onlymel]

Hi. - - I was asked to partition a friend’s hard drive. I did everything necessary to create a primary dos partition at 85% and the extended partition of 15%.

Reformatted both drives (C and D). – Then rebooted. At the “A” prompt I typed E: and hit enter. Got the “E” prompt okay and then inserted Windows 98 SE into CD drive.

Still at the “E” prompt I typed “setup” and it went through checking the drives. It showed that drives “C” “D” and “E” had no errors. Now press enter. Did this and then message came up with the following:

MESSAGE SU0013
If you have HPFS or NTFS you must create a MS dos partition. If you have Superstar compression the disable it before running setup.

HELP - HELP - where do I go from here??

Mel in the UK

 

[comtec17]

Same thing I stated in the other forum that you posted this question on.

When you did the fdisk, did you activate the partition?

 

[onlymel]

Yep - I recall setting each partition as active. I did this in turn. Example the 85% one then the 15% one.

Mel in the UK

 

[SESaskDFC]

Howdy:

Suggest you stick with just one thread !!!

Murray

 

[TekTippy4U]

Hi onlymel;
I think maybe your question is answered in your other forum post....
thread751-737589 please don't cross-post, it makes for total confusion

TT4U

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