not reading hard drive

[Gary]

When turning on computer it asks for boot disk, when i
try an install without formatting i get disk errors. and
at the dos prompt i can only read my A: drive. trying to
read or format my C: gives a bad command. is there any
help out there. Thanks

[philo]

"Gary" > wrote in message
...
> When turning on computer it asks for boot disk, when i
> try an install without formatting i get disk errors. and
> at the dos prompt i can only read my A: drive. trying to
> read or format my C: gives a bad command. is there any
> help out there. Thanks

to format your C: drive...
from your A: drive
issue the command format C:

I have tried that, not recognizing the C: drive

>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Gary" > wrote in
message
...
>> When turning on computer it asks for boot disk, when i
>> try an install without formatting i get disk errors.
and
>> at the dos prompt i can only read my A: drive. trying
to
>> read or format my C: gives a bad command. is there any
>> help out there. Thanks
>
>to format your C: drive...
>from your A: drive
>issue the command format C:
>
>
>.
>

[Travis Swift]

Sounds like your drive isn't repartioned properly. If
there is nothing else you need to backup on the harddrive,
type "fdisk" (without the quotes) and the delete any
partions, and then make a primary partion following
instructions of the program. It will ask you to restart,
do so, then format the new partion (your new C: drive) and
then try installing again.

WARNING: Repartioning will destroy ALL data on the
harddrive in question. If you accidently repartition
another harddrive by mistake all the data is gone.

[Ron Badour]

Identify the brand of hard drive, go to the drive maker's web site and
download their diagnostic software. It runs from a floppy disk and will
tell you the health of your hard drive. If the drive has failed, you will
have to replace it. If it is OK, then you will probably have to run fdisk,
format and reinstall W98.
--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

> wrote in message
...
> I have tried that, not recognizing the C: drive
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >"Gary" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> When turning on computer it asks for boot disk, when i
> >> try an install without formatting i get disk errors.
> and
> >> at the dos prompt i can only read my A: drive. trying
> to
> >> read or format my C: gives a bad command. is there any
> >> help out there. Thanks
> >
> >to format your C: drive...
> >from your A: drive
> >issue the command format C:
> >
> >
> >.
> >