Re: Deleting Non-DOS Partitions

In article <4C1DD359-56C4-482C-A9F2-8139BFD448D9@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
arnie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...

Windows is not up and running on this machine.

I installed a new (or reconditioned I guess) hard disc drive. I'm guessing
that there is nothing on it--isn't that the case with a new disc drive? It
is for my Sony PCG-FXA36 laptop computer I bought back in 2001. I can't use
Disk Management, because Windows is not loaded.

As far as I know, the Windows XP software is on the Sony System Recovery
Discs (quantity =3) which came with the original computer purchase. The
discs say they contain all the preinstalled software that originally came
with the system. I inserted the Sony System Recovery Disc #1, which
produced the "delete Non-DOS partition" message.

What do I hope to acheive? I hope to have everything up and running like it
was when I bought this laptop computer five years ago.

Please advise.

Normally non-DOS refers to a container created for logical partitions,
so it'd be safe to say that the drive is not wiped totally clean.

You can either use the manuf of the HD's software to wipe it or you can
actually use a win98 floppy boot disk to delete the non-dos partitions.
Actually when you got the option to continue just say yes as it may lead
you to delete partitions in the setup.......

.

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