"no fixed disk present" error

Rhinorob · 10-19-2004, 12:42 AM

Hi Folks!
I used F-disk to repartition my drive to get rid of junk using Win98 SE startup disk.. Afterwards rebooted to reformat and reinstall Win 98SE but I received the prompt "drive c does not contain a valid FAT or FAT32 partition." I have A:drive, B:drive & Rom drive but no C: drive. It won't let me reuse F-disk to repartion - It prompts " there's no fixed disk present". Prompts the same when I try to reformat C:drive or try to reinstall Window98. Without being able to reuse F-disk - how can I get back my C:drive??? All suggestions much appreciated.. Thanks.

Rob Rheubottom
Wpg,.MB Canada

**kodi** · 10-19-2004, 01:22 AM

Do you have a second floppy (b drive)?
I had the same problem with an old hardrive but managed to install it as a slave on another computer and it was recognised,I then was able to format it and then reinstall it on the original computer.

10-19-2004, 12:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rhinorob Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 10 OS: win98	"no fixed disk present" error Hi Folks! I used F-disk to repartition my drive to get rid of junk using Win98 SE startup disk.. Afterwards rebooted to reformat and reinstall Win 98SE but I received the prompt "drive c does not contain a valid FAT or FAT32 partition." I have A:drive, B:drive & Rom drive but no C: drive. It won't let me reuse F-disk to repartion - It prompts " there's no fixed disk present". Prompts the same when I try to reformat C:drive or try to reinstall Window98. Without being able to reuse F-disk - how can I get back my C:drive??? All suggestions much appreciated.. Thanks. Rob Rheubottom Wpg,.MB Canada

10-19-2004, 01:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
kodi Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 7,397 OS: Windows 7-Ultimate 64 Bit My System	Do you have a second floppy (b drive)? I had the same problem with an old hardrive but managed to install it as a slave on another computer and it was recognised,I then was able to format it and then reinstall it on the original computer. __________________ Brian