From: kay-archer@mail.com.deletethisandtherest.nospam.com   
      
   > First, let me explain that I make a hobby of repairing old laptops   
   > destined for the junkyard, and giving them to needy kids for school work,   
   > free e-mail via Juno, etc.   
   >   
   > But lately it's become so difficult I'm thinking of giving up.   
   >   
   > Today I reformatted a small hard disk of only 202 mb. But when I started   
   to   
   > install Windows 95, I quickly got the following message:   
   >   
   > "This version of Microsoft Scandisk will work only wtih MS-DOS Version 5.0   
   > and later. Setup found a compressed volume or a disk-cache utlity on your   
   > computer.   
   >   
   > "Quit setup and check your compressed volume with your disc compression   
   > software or remove the disc-cache utility. Then run setup again."   
   >   
   > I don't have the faintest idea how do the above.   
   >   
   > If anyone has a suggestion, let me know. Otherwise, I'm thinking of   
   getting   
   > another hobby, like mowing lawns for old ladies.   
   >   
   >   
   Use fdisk to remove the partition, reboot and create a new partition.  Then   
   do the format.   
   You may have to use a Windows 98 bootdisk to remove a "non-DOS" partition.   
   Do not use the "Large" option.   
      
   Here are some fdisk instructions:   
   http://www.compguystechweb.com/troubleshooting/fdisk/fdisk_scr.html   
      
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