Thanks for advice! I don’t want to mess with my current partitions though. Is there a way I can just format the existing C: partition (with the format command)?
And should I do this from the CD-ROM? If so, how? On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 4:45 AM Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I would: > > 1. Run FDISK and delete all partitions > 2. Create a single Primary DOS partition and mark it active > 3. Exit FDISK and reboot > 4. Run FDISK /mbr to fix the boot record > 5. Use SYS c: to transfer system files to the hard drive > > Then you should be good to go! > > > Sent from ProtonMail mobile > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > On Jul 13, 2019, 2:49 AM, HTV04 . < htv04ru...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, I’m new to FreeDOS. I wanted to revive my old computer (a Compaq > Prosignia 150) that originally had Windows 98, so I set up a CD-ROM with > the FreeDOS installer. > > When I booted from the CD-ROM, everything seemed to be going smoothly. I > had to use the “raw” workaround, though, otherwise I would be given several > “Invalid Opcode” errors. This doesn’t have much to do with the problem I’m > having though, or at least I don’t think so. > > Problems arose when I got a message saying that a previous OS was detected > (which was Windows 98), and that I could either continue installing or make > a backup. I searched this up online, and found absolutely no documentation > on this. I came to the conclusion that it would just format my C: drive and > continued. After I started the install however, it just installed all the > files alongside my old ones, so the installer completely skipped the part > where it would format the drive. > > So now I have FreeDOS 1.2 installed, but my Windows 98 files still exist. > Is there anyway to replicate the formatting process from the CD-ROM (and > can I run the command from the CD-ROM)? If it involves using the format > command, can you tell me the exact command the installer uses? I kind of > have OCDs for that sort of thing, sorry. I’m looking to do a full format. > > I would recommend a change for this in FreeDOS 1.3, to allow clean > installs of FreeDOS in place of the operating system currently installed. > > Thanks in advance, and I can’t wait to try out FreeDOS on my old computer! > -- > Sincerely, > HTV04 > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > -- Sincerely, HTV04
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