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Anonymous   06-15-2005 at 07:58:13 PM

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Hi,

When I try to format my hard drive I get a cdr101 error for a drive N which
does not even exist on this computer. The knowledgebase says to "fail" this
command and dos will continue with the original command but it doesn't work
that way, the error is a show-stopper. I tried disconnecting my cd and dvd
drives but then I got a different error. I am running Windows 98. Please
help.

Cathy

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Anonymous   06-16-2005 at 10:11:35 AM
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How are you trying to format, i.e., are you booting from a boot floppy with CDROM
support, and running format from the floppy? Please provide a lot more info, per
the link in my signature.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Cathy Broxterman" <Cathy Broxterman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6AB5BE7F-05BE-4FCB-AB26-4BE8F01D2541@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> When I try to format my hard drive I get a cdr101 error for a drive N which
> does not even exist on this computer. The knowledgebase says to "fail" this
> command and dos will continue with the original command but it doesn't work
> that way, the error is a show-stopper. I tried disconnecting my cd and dvd
> drives but then I got a different error. I am running Windows 98. Please
> help.
>
> Cathy

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Anonymous   06-16-2005 at 03:29:18 PM
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Try creating a new boot floppy. Be sure you can access your CD drive
before formatting.

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Ben

"Cathy Broxterman" <Cathy Broxterman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6AB5BE7F-05BE-4FCB-AB26-4BE8F01D2541@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> When I try to format my hard drive I get a cdr101 error for a drive N which
> does not even exist on this computer. The knowledgebase says to "fail" this
> command and dos will continue with the original command but it doesn't work
> that way, the error is a show-stopper. I tried disconnecting my cd and dvd
> drives but then I got a different error. I am running Windows 98. Please
> help.
>
> Cathy

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