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Offline TribbleSmasher

Re: Does Install erase a disk?
« on: September 09, 2021, 08:38:14 PM »
It should not work but don't even try it. Install writes a bootblock to a floppy disk or thelike. HDs have RDBs, so you would not make it bootable with this.
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Offline TribbleSmasher

Re: Does Install erase a disk?
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2021, 10:31:14 PM »
There a several steps to this. First you have to find out why (if) it doesn't boot. The OS files could still be present but maybe your machine catched a virus or something.
We don't have enough informations about your system atm to diagnose this problem.
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Offline TribbleSmasher

Re: Does Install erase a disk?
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2021, 11:00:22 PM »
Never do a full format. Quick format is sufficient.
Also making the boot partition larger than 2GB can cause severe problems.
« Last Edit: September 11, 2021, 11:01:47 PM by TribbleSmasher »
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