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horner
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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 Posted: 12/17/06 - 05:00 Post subject: IBM Laptop error |
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I got an IMB/Lenovo laptop off e-bay recently, and it had a seriously corrupted Win 98 OS installed. I formatted it and attempted to install a new OS, but I can't. The error message I get is: "Cannot create temporary directory. If you have HPFS of NTFS installed on your hard drive, you will need to create a MS_DOS boot partition to set up Windows." What does this mean, and is there some way around it? Thanks in advance.
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dalziel
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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It means what it says – it can't create the temp directory it needs for installing Windows, so it asks you to create a DOS boot partition first. It's strange that it appears though, because the boot partition should have been automatically created. You formatted from DOS, I presume, using format:/c? It could be some sort of a physical error with the HDD, in which case you'll probably have to replace it.
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