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Basically i had win 98SE...then decided to upgrade to winME...too many problems in that...so then i decided to upgrade to win2k...and it's great...the problem is that i now got a dual boot system with both win2k and winMe on it. winMe doesn't even work but that's the least of my worries. I just want to reformat my entire harddrive. Yes i have made the neccesary boot disks and yes i have backed everything important up. NEED HELP!!!
The first thing I would do is get a bootdisk (a 98 bootdisk should do) that has fdisk and format on them. Run fdisk and then format (in DOS). This will ensure that anything on your hard drive is gone. Then if you have the bootdisks for 2000, just put the first one in and restart your PC. In the set up, you will be able to make the first partition on your hard drive and start the 2000 install. Hope this helps.
Dan
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You can make a bootdisk from any windows 98 PC. Also, be sure you don't have ntfs on your hard drives. If for some reason, you can't do that, then just forget that part of what I wrote and put disk 1 of the 2000 bootdisks in. In the set up be sure to delete all of your partitions so it wipes everything out. The reason I suggested to use fdisk and format in DOS mode is because sometimes removing the paritions in windows 2000 doesn't always work correctly. Hope this makes sense.
Dan
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Much much simpler to just boot off the win2k CD, then delete all partitions and create them again from within the setup program when prompted. Bootdisks are just a big PITA and a waste of time.
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who said that, dude? you are a jack!
Win2k can't do it over 2GB? That is the
legacy dos, dude. Win2k can take up any
harddrive even the one from WD 120GB.
Make a set of win2k boot disk if you have
a legal copy of Win2k, if not their
comments do fine except greenpoint's.
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thAnkz peple
i appreciate all the feedback
one problem tho...i can't quite figure out how to change my bios to make it boot to my d:(cdrom) instead of a:(floppy)
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1) GOTO BIOS (DEL or other key)
2) BIOS features :
3) Boot sequence : write down default setup
4) change setup in : CDROM,C.A.not sure though if this always works
(CDROM has to be bootable)
Anyway something to consider.Good luck, Theo
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I can't seem to format my c drive. I have windows 2000 on right now but I want to go back to winme. When I type in format c: it says that the volume is used by another process. And it says that format may run if this volume is dismounted first. It then give me the option of dismounting the drive and I would click yes and it still doesn't format. I got a ibm thinkpad i series 500mhz celeron wit 192 mb ram. It also says that the type of file is ntfs. I don't have the disk for windows 2000. Help me please.
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Ricky,
It's better to post your own request in a separate thread. That way you get proper/more responses.
It sounds a little as though you're trying to reformat from within W2K - which is why the error message(s)?
To reformat your drive (since you do not have the W2K CD):
You do the whole routine from a '98 boot-disk approach - not from within an installed OS.
'98 boot-disk approach:
Boot up via '98 disk and type the command:
sys c:
and press Enter. (This will replace the W2K mbr (boot-loader etc.) with the DOS/'9x version.)
Then still on the boot-disk, run the Fdisk command (off a '98 boot-disk) and delete any/all partitions; then reconfigure the drive (as fat32) for '9x/ME as you wish it to be. (ntfs areas show up as non-DOS partitions).
Suggest you reconfigure the drive to have a Primary for the OS/apps. and an Extended partition for data. This way you can re-install to C: (Primary) - even reformat it - without affecting your data in the Extended space.
Fdisk tutorials:
http://www.compguystechweb.com/index.html
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q255/8/67.ASP
'98 boot-disk source if you need one:
http://www.bootdisk.com (get the version with CDROM drivers).
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