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Cannot reinstall or boot system

  • 26-03-2003 3:22pm
    #1
    ghughes_13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    I am trying to reinstall windows me from the disk that came with my system. When i click on format/recover i get the following error
    "unknown media type in drive c".
    I have tried booting from a floppy but get the following error
    "disk i/o error. Replace the disk and press any key"

    Would there be anyone out there to advise. The wife paid for it and she is going to kill me.

    Cheers
    Zimbo


Comments

  • #2
    Samba
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,476 ✭✭✭Samba


    Search the web for the bootdisk download it and try again, floppies can get messed up very easily. Thankfully Ive never installed ME so I have no idea what the setup is like....try for another boot disk and you should be sorted.


  • #3
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    yeah just make another boot-disk


  • #4
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    read the post guys, he said drive C!

    i hope your wife didnt pay for ME!

    did you partition the drive? I dont even know if ME comes with fdisk, but it might be a start.

    Did you low level format the drive?


  • #5
    ghughes_13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭ghughes_13


    Have tied to reboot from a new floppy but alas still same error message.
    I have only ever had 1 large 40Gig partition and have previously tried a low level format. It was after doing this that i got the message "unknown media type in drive C" when trying to reinstall from the system recovery disk.

    Cheers
    Zimbo


  • #6
    daveg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,683 ✭✭✭daveg


    Fdisk the drive again. If you don't know how to do that have a look here


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  • #7
    elexes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,471 ✭✭✭elexes


    if fdisk dosnt work look for a new hdd isnt win me cd bootable ?


  • #8
    De Rebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭De Rebel


    if its win 9x/me don't you need to run format after running fdisk?


  • #9
    TacT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭TacT


    yes


  • #10
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Originally posted by elexes
    if fdisk dosnt work look for a new hdd isnt win me cd bootable ?

    That's a bit harsh. Once you've fdisk'd, it should all be happy days. Even if ME isn't cd bootable, you could plug the HDD (as slave) into someone else's machine and sort it from there.


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