MS-DOS boot partition

[wilbur]

Hi, how do you create an MS-DOS or DOS boot partition?

[Jimstep]

Which version of MSDOS are you interested in?

[wilbur]

I don't know, which one works for Win ME?

[araaraara]

It sounds to me like you are setting up a blank harddrive so that you can install Windows ME(yuck), right? If this is the case you will need to boot from a startup disk, a Windows 98 will work fine. Run the boot disk has loaded, run "fdisk" you will either have to delete(option #3) the other partition(s) on your drive if they exist or you can go straight to creating one(option #1). Create a "Primary Dos Partition". When you are done, restart the computer with the boot disk and type "format c: /s" You can then run setup by typing "e:" and then "setup".

[Rugor]

What he said.

But don't forget to set that Primary DOS Partition as "Active."

If it's not an active partition you can't boot from it.

[wilbur]

Ok guys I will try your tips, hope they work.

[wilbur]

Alright, I went to fdisk using a win98 bootdisk, I then went to option 3 to delete the primary dos partition that already existed on the hard drive but when I tried it asked for the volume label. So how can I find out the volume label of that primary dos partition that I am trying to delete?

Also in option 3 there are Primary, Extended, Logical DOS drives; should I delete each one of them while I'm at it or should I only delete the existing primary dos partition on my harddrive?

[NDD]

Type "dir" (without the quotes), "Volume" name should be in the first line of the output, you'll surely notice it. Or you can find it out by entering in the 4th menu, there you'll find info about your HD including the Volume.

As for deleting - start with the last, for you it should be Logical > Extended > Primary.

Good Luck :cool: