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How Wipe Out W2K,Reformat without DOS prompt?
Name: Eric P Date: September 9, 2000 at 18:09:18 Pacific
Comment:
I want to get rid of win2k and go back to win98 for better games performance. What happened to the DOS prompt??. All I want to do is reformat the hard drive then start fresh with a clean install of win98. Thanks in advance- E
Name: ja Date: September 10, 2000 at 06:09:22 Pacific
Reply:
Just boot the PC with a Win98 boot floppy and type fdisk at the "A" prompt where you can format the hard drive or partition by typing 'format c:/u' which will give you an unconditional format of "C" drive. Or reboot the PC with the Win98 CD and go through the setup and it will give you the option of a format and reinstall.
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Name: Z Man Date: September 10, 2000 at 18:31:19 Pacific
Summary: I Would like to clean everything off(format) a HD that contains Windows 2000Pro before I do a clean install of XP. I have done it before in the DOS mode. How do I go about wiping out the HD without DO...
Summary: Providing you really want to, and have backed up data elsewhere(?), then run W2K setup from a CD boot (or the 4 floppies if no bios fo CD boot); choose option to delete partitions and do so. Close out...
Summary: How can I boot up my w2k system in DOS? I need to acces my hard drive 27 gigs. I am having trouble getting my disk to load the operating system. Hard drive spins and led works, auto detect and everyth...
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