Re: computer help

On May 13, 4:49 pm, "Rock" <R...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<masterofdomains2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote

On May 13, 4:31 pm, "Rock" wrote:
<masterofdomains2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote

ok i tryed to use restore disks from my desktop on my laptop and it
didnt exactly work it stopped half way through and now when i try to
reinstall its old operating system which was windows 98 and it says an
error was detected while formatting your primary hard disk partition
so i know what i did was compleltley stupid in the first place so can
anyone give me a hand and tell me what i should do before im killed
for breaking my laptop
How are you trying to reinstall windows 98? FYI there is a windows 98
newsgroup.

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.as...
im just using a copy of windows 98 i have

Sorry but that doesn't explain it. What kind of copy? Installation CD?
Image file? Backup? How are you using this "copy"? And again it's best to
post to a windows 98 newsgroup.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
its an installation cd


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