Sorry for making this so long, but I wanted to make sure I
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all the details, so please take the time to read it : I bought Mandrake Linux 7.0, which came with a version of PartitionMagic as part of the "extra's" cd. I installed Partition and BootMagic on my NEW Windows 98 computer, then installed Linux. I felt I did not do the best job of installing Linux, so I decided to delete the partition I created. There was an option in the PartitionMagic folder to start a dos program that would delete my Linux partition. I did so, and when the computer re-booted the program came up, and I followed the directions to delete the partition. I assumed it had worked, but when the computer came up again, the partition was deleted but it would go into that same PartitionMagic dos program and give me a window to click ok that said "The Linux Parititon could not be deleted. That operating system partition was not found." When I click ok it reboots and does the same thing. WHAT SHOULD I DO???? I tried getting fdisk, autoexec.bat and a few other things from a different win98 computer and putting them on a disk. I also did a sys a: from another computer onto that disk and put them onto my new computer. This at leasts puts me at a dos prompt. I tried typing fdisk/mbr at the c and the a prompts, but the computer either doesn't recognize them or it doesn't change anything. There is no windows directory at c, so I can't really run anything. People have told me to get a win98 boot disk, but I don't have one / know how to make one. What should I do ??? I can't run windows, so I am really frustrated. If you've had this problem before, please give me a detailed solution. THANKS, Sam |
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