i have the command screen up but every time i try to format i get an error not ready reading drive e.. i have a 98 boot disc in so that's not the problem. i need help so someone if you can give me details on how to format this stupid hard drive in detail on what prompts to put in i would appreciate it. and the 98 install cd i have with code. so anyone that answers this plz give me detailed instructions to follow like a:\> format c. stuff like that... i also have smartdrv on my boot disk so that isn't needed and the boot disk is a floppy!! still in computer hell... plz help
2006-06-05 15:03:59 · 5 answers · asked by Jennifer M 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
hi, if u wanna format ur hard drive then u need to put in the drive name i.e c,d etc to get the specified one formatted.
Lets try it out once again,
first insert the boot disc, i dont know whether it is a floppy or a cd, if its a floppy then u will be prompted to A:\> later and u can work from there, u need to boot ur comp using the boot disc and not by going into the windows and then using the dos prompt. I hope that u know how to boot ur pc with the help of boot disc.
u need to proceed in the following manner:-
a:\> format c:
then it will ask u whether u are sure and all
u just need to keep 'Y', then ur C drive will be formatted.
then u need to install win98 with the cd that u have got. Remember the cd drive will be shifted one position back wards when u boot ur computer with a boot able disc. i.e. if it was 'f' drive previously then it must be 'g' drive now. Dont know why it is so but it is so.
it will be
a:\> g:\
g:\> setup
and this is it then the windows installation process will start and u can handle it on your own as it is an easy process.
cheers
all the best
2006-06-05 15:24:42 · answer #1 · answered by joey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you can't read from drive e: (I'm assuming that is your CD rom drive) then you may have a faulty cdrom. But you should still be able to format the hard drive with just the boot disk using the format command. For help on the syntax type a:\format /?
2006-06-05 15:10:52 · answer #2 · answered by master_akhkharu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you considered your e drive is not working at all, you may need to replace the drive first.
2006-06-05 15:11:41 · answer #3 · answered by ☼Jims Brain☼ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first, boot up with floppy, then fdisk, and delete partition and create partition. and then when you boot up again, you can format c
2006-06-05 15:07:11 · answer #4 · answered by LetMEtell&AskYOU 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to this site and print out the step by step innstructions >> http://www.novacomputers.net/format.htm
2006-06-05 15:07:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋