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hehehe oops! because i had it as secondary master it never got set
active.... You live and learn...

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pJ

"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Paul Jones <dj_wiseguy2@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > First I used partition magic, creating 2x 2gb partitons. reboot
> > then used sys. didn't work. Then i used fdisk to create a 1.5gb
> > partition (pri. dos), reboot format /s and still didn't work.
>
> You have made sure its an ACTIVE primary dos partition ? It isnt
> hard to not have it active when you've thrashed around a bit like that.
>
> Since sys and format /s does copy files onto the drive, its
> possible you've got a config on the system you're doing
> it on that prevents it from working properly or something.
> That can happen with a mixed DOS version system.
>
> I dont bother doing any of that stuff anymore, just partition and
> format the drive and let the Win9x install do whatever needs to
> be done. Some versions will do the partition and format for you too.
>
> If you can do a normal format on the drive successfully,
> I'd just try installing Win9x on it from the CD etc.
>
> If you arent installing Win9x and need a dos format, make a Win9x
> startup floppy, boot off that and try the format /s from that.
>
> You do sometimes see a drive that isnt working properly
> appear to accept a format/s but it just wont work because
> the drive is faulty. But you appear to be saying you got
> the same result with two different laptop drives.
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> > Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
> >> Paul Jones <dj_wiseguy2@yahoo.com> wrote
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> >>> I was just wondering if there is any special
> >>> way to get the system files onto a laptop hdd.
>
> >> Nope.
>
> > > > I tried to use my pc with the SYS command after I formatted it,
> > > > but it keeps saying NO OPPERATING SYSTEM in both of my pc's
> > > > and my laptop. I have never had this problem with anything but
laptop
> > > > hdds, so I brought a brand new one and it still does it. I don't get
> > it....
> > >
> > > Most likely you havent partitioned and formatted the
> > > laptop hdd and thats why the SYS isnt working. You
> > > need to partition the drive with fdisk and then format it.
> > >
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