🚀 go-pugleaf

> C:\ drive with NTFS and I have another 2 partitions with FAT32 on my
10.2GB
> HDD. I tried to reinstall Win98 on my D:\ partition but got this message:

Your C:\ drive is the first partition on your IDE-0 HDD (primary channel in
the motherboard) that Win32 (suppose this includes 2000 now) can recognise.

> "Cannot created a temporary directory, if you have HPFS or NTFS installed
on
> your Startup Drive, you will need to create a MS-DOS boot partition to
> set-up Windows."
> The setup.txt file on my Win98 CD says that I need to create an MS-DOS
boot
> partition on the Startup Drive C:\  in order to enable Win98 installation.
> How do I create an MS-DOS boot partition on my C:\  drive with NTFS?

Sort of.... You'll need another partition, formatted with FAT32, in order to
create your temporary directory. Get two programs... Ranish's brilliant
partition manager, part.exe from this http...
or via email from me, and presizer.exe, which should allow you to safely
resize a partition, in the case of your having allocated the entire HDD to
NTFS, which should now look foolish. ;)

Once you have defragged your NTFS, it *should* be safe to resize the
partition. Perhaps not, I don't know. If you can, try this out with a test
partition, in which case you won't have to in any case. Do something along
the lines of ...

Get that other HDD. You know, the Fujitsu 20.0GB.
Install in the next spare IDE channel. (Master, Slave....Master, Slave)
Hope that 2000 sees it automatically, or reply to me ASAP. (<8.4GB or new
BIOS should be ok with anything down to Win95 (inc))
Run Ranish and select your disk.
Piss around with the neat graphical interface.
Boot to a DOS floppy and format your FAT32.
OR
Boot NTFS file manager and format your new NT partition.
THEN
Boot to a DOS floppy with presizer.exe on it, and play with the NT
partition, if necessary
run Ranish and setup your spare space as a new partition.
Go through the formatting charade again.
Enjoy your new system.
Email me for more information.

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