Red Hat Linux8.0 did me in.....! - China DOS Union Forum - China DOS Union

Please, friends, help me out

In order to install the newly bought RED HAT LINUX8.0, I mistakenly clicked the “format all partitions” button.
But I didn't expect that halfway through the installation, because one program file was damaged, it failed to install properly. I was so mad I almost smashed my head into the wall and died.
And when I wanted to format the hard disk and reinstall WINDOWS98, the hard disk format had already become EXT16, so I couldn't use “FORMAT” to format it back! (I don't know what method to use to change it back!) This left me having to look everywhere for experts to help me.
When I think of the files and programs on the hard disk that I painstakingly downloaded, all killed off by a moment of my own impulse. (I really liked LINUX too much, that's why I had this kind of impulse.) And now I really want WINDOWS98 back, to return to the original one I loved most.
I wonder if any friends can solve this little problem of mine. Who can help me???

Floor1　小虾v4	Posted 2003-07-04 00:00
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Please, friends, help me out In order to install the newly bought RED HAT LINUX8.0, I mistakenly clicked the “format all partitions” button. But I didn't expect that halfway through the installation, because one program file was damaged, it failed to install properly. I was so mad I almost smashed my head into the wall and died. And when I wanted to format the hard disk and reinstall WINDOWS98, the hard disk format had already become EXT16, so I couldn't use “FORMAT” to format it back! (I don't know what method to use to change it back!) This left me having to look everywhere for experts to help me. When I think of the files and programs on the hard disk that I painstakingly downloaded, all killed off by a moment of my own impulse. (I really liked LINUX too much, that's why I had this kind of impulse.) And now I really want WINDOWS98 back, to return to the original one I loved most. I wonder if any friends can solve this little problem of mine. Who can help me???

Floor2　ko20010214	Posted 2003-07-04 00:00
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Use diskman (now called diskgen) or the DM9.56 bilingual universal edition, either one will do.

Floor3　小虾v4	Posted 2003-07-04 00:00
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Thanks

Floor4　禅宗	Posted 2003-07-04 00:00
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I suggest you use SPFDISK to partition and format, and also use it as a multi-system boot loader. That way you can use 98 and also Redhat. My own machine has several operating systems installed too :）

Floor5　LanE	Posted 2003-07-06 00:00
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You should read more about this stuff before installing Just delete the partition and repartition it, that's all. You can use FDISK too—delete the non-DOS partition, then recreate the partition When I install LINUX, I always use PQ to carve out a blank space for it…………