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HDD FAT ERROR XP Uninstall Win98 Install

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by ramalkin

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I have deleted a partition created with Win XP recreated it and tried to install win98 but am getting a FAT error in FAT 2 when checking for errors during initial install Win98. Am unable to get past thyis error (maxtor 20gig drive), can someone shed some light??

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by alpha-male

Have you just tried fdisking and reformatting the drive from a 98 boot disk, then trying to re-install?

by ramalkin

Have tried fdisking and reformatting in Win 98 and Dos 6.22. Have also tried debug. Can reinstall Win XP with no problems, but not install Win 98

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