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format win2000
Name: michael Date: June 23, 2003 at 07:29:26 Pacific OS: win2000 CPU/Ram: 800, 256
Comment:
Hi all,
Really confused. I have a laptop with win2000. I dont have admin. rights on the machine so I want to format the drive and start over with win98 as I am not computer savvy and dont need win2000 as I am not on a server anymore. How can I reformat the drive? I have used a boot disk but the book disk wont let me access the c drive if I boot off it. How can I ensure the computer will recognize the new OS since I have to take the HD out and put it into a laptop in which I have a CD ROM (I dont have a CD ROM on this machine - long story).
Download a W98OEM boot floppy from www.bootdisk.com and fdisk/format ie remove all partitions etc and start afresh, http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;255867.
Copy the contents of the W9x CD to a folder on hard drive, then boot from boot floppy and install from the folder (ie SETUP and press enter)
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Response Number 2
Name: Chinabear Date: June 23, 2003 at 20:31:17 Pacific
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oh, I think ur disk format is NTFS so after booting from win98 bootdisk partition C is not available. To handle this problem u can use some convert software such as "partition magic" to format disk. Another solution is to install winxp home edition from cd-rom, after installation u can access almost all resource in the disk.
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Response Number 3
Name: ooglenz Date: June 24, 2003 at 06:13:49 Pacific
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or insert the windows2k cd and format the partition with fat32
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