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  1. 04-21-2002, 02:10 PM #1
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    QUICK!! oh crap, trying to install win 98 but there is a RAM drive! help.

    i ran fdisk and found only 1 partition and formatted it, now windows setup is telling me there is a compressed drive. how do i get rid of it?

    setup tells me to run the compress utility and remove it prior to installing win 98. too late!! formatted already.
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  2. 04-21-2002, 02:14 PM #2
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    try physically formatting the drive (ridding it of all partitions) then doing a fresh install of 98 (or better yet, buy win 2k pro and install that)
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  3. 04-21-2002, 02:16 PM #3
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    thanks

    thanks, tried it. but will try again.
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  4. 04-22-2002, 01:50 AM #4
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    Well, you could always remove the partition than recreate it and then format.
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