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[ The PC Guide | Troubleshooting and Repair Guide | The Troubleshooting Expert | Troubleshooting The System Overall | Troubleshooting Boot-Time Error Messages ] Invalid media type Explanation: The system tried to use a disk or other media that is of the incorrect type.Diagnosis: This is one of those poorly-phrased messages; what it almost always means is that you tried to use a hard disk volume after partitioning it but before formatting it. For example, if you are setting up a new system and you partition the hard disk, then boot from a floppy and type "DIR C:", you will usually get this message. The system looks for the media type descriptor on the hard disk and doesn't find what it expects, and produces this message.Recommendation:
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