Problem with partitioning -- How to format hard drive and reinstall Windows?

[Ed Landaveri]

Peter,
 google for zapfdisk.  Put it on a Win98 boot floppy. Boot the computer with it. At the promp type: zapfdisk z: <Enter>, you'll receive:
 You've just lost your partition table. Good
 Type in fdisk /mbr,
 Then: fdisk delete the main dos primary partition and recreate it.
 Reboot with the win98 boot, type in format c: /u
 Format your partition (as FAT). Reboot with the CD & proceed with the installation. You may need to get the Windows XP cd. After this procedure and even before it the Dell CD won't work on your hardrive. I think somebody offered to send it to you. If you can't get zapfdisk, let me know and I will send it to you as a *.rar file. (Most *.exe get blocked as a spam or spyware) Every time I have problem with partitions zapfdisk have become helpful to me.
 Regards
 

		
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