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    How do you make a new drive into the FAT32 format?

    I used fdisk to create the primary dos partition and rebooted. However after rebooting I cannot format the drive and the system column in fdisk information says that the system is unknown when it should say FAT32. I am using a windows 95 boot disk, I don't know if that is making the difference...
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    How do you make a new drive into the FAT32 format?

    I just purchased a new IBM 30GB 7200RPM drive. The computer recognizes the drive and after using fdisk, it is set as the c drive. However, fdisk says that the disk system is unknown while my old hard drive is FAT32. I intend to install Windows 98 and I need to know if there is software out...
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    How do you make a new drive into the FAT32 format?

    I just purchased a new IBM 30GB 7200RPM drive. The computer recognizes the drive and after using fdisk, it is set as the c drive. However, fdisk says that the disk system is unknown while my old hard drive is FAT32. I intend to install Windows 98 and I need to know if there is software out...
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    computer turns on but that's about it

    That sounds exactly what mine did. However, I know that the fan was running the whole time. I took out the cpu and noticed that the thermal conduction material had rubbed off a little. However, I hope that that was not enough to fry the cpu. The 1GHz chip comes with a large heat sink as well...
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    computer turns on but that's about it

    The motherboard that I am using has built in sound and video cards. When I turn the power on, all of the fans turn on but no signal is sent to the monitor. Once I turn on the monitor, it sits for a second then enters sleep mode because it is not receiving a signal. I think something is wrong...
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    computer turns on but that's about it

    Thanks for all your help. I disconnected every part except for the motherboard, cpu, and RAM. I connected the monitor the built in graphics card but still the same thing happened. I tried a different RAM stick and nothing changed. The computer would turn on but nothing would be displayed on...
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    computer turns on but that's about it

    Thanks for all your help. I disconnected every part except for the motherboard, cpu, and RAM. I connected the monitor the built in graphics card but still the same thing happened. I tried a different RAM stick and nothing changed. The computer would turn on but nothing would be displayed on...
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    computer turns on but that's about it

    I have just finished putting a new computer system. Here are the specs: Pentium III 1 GHz 133FSB FC/PGA Abit SA6R Motherboard Asus A7700 Geforce2 GTS Sound Blaster Digital player 5.1 256MB 133MHz RAM Plextor 16/10/40 CD writer Generic 32X CD-ROM Generic 3.5" floppy drive IBM 30GB 7200 RPM...
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    computer turns on but that's about it

    I have just finished putting a new computer system. Here are the specs: Pentium III 1 GHz 133FSB FC/PGA Abit SA6R Motherboard Asus A7700 Geforce2 GTS Sound Blaster Digital player 5.1 256MB 133MHz RAM Plextor 16/10/40 CD writer Generic 32X CD-ROM Generic 3.5" floppy drive IBM 30GB 7200 RPM...