From: rayj.balt@verizonDOTTnet
Thanks Kay --
I thought I had done the things you suggest, but I will retrace all my steps
once more, using the online guide which you linked me to.
It is mystifying that I can't just wipe a disc totally clean. This
"compressed volume and disc cache utility" seems to be a Dracula. No matter
how many times I drive a stake through its heart, it keeps coming back.
-- Ray
"Kay Archer" wrote in
message news:bhqmc7$260rb$1@ID-176353.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > 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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