I've been experiencing all sorts of problems with my 8 month old pc (especially since upgrading Win95 to Win98). Drivers failing to load, missing dll's, application crashes et al.

I bought some software (Mcafee office) which I thought would solve my problems, however it just seemed to make some of them worse!
It appears that the Nuts & Bolts application within the office will only identify and fix problems that newly occur after its' own installation and that existing problems and errors will be 'held' as part of the back-up original configuration that is used as a standby.

Should I bite the bullet and reformat my hard drive and re-install Windows 98 (and everything else) from scratch. Is this the tedious but definitive fix for all of my problems? Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

This may just be more for information than
a fix.. I was talking to a tach at NEC the
other day while fighting my own PC problems,
and while he was typing away I asked him if
he had heard any new about Win98 (Good, Bad,
or other).

He said the biggest problem with Win98 is
the lack of driver support. Microsoft didn't
get good drivers into '98 they say because
the mfg's didn't give Mircosoft any products
to test their drivers on.. So Microsoft said
tough cookies and released win98 with the
crappy drivers it currently has. These
drivers are causing everyone a lot of
problems.

So, the best bet is to go out to the website
of the mfg's who made your cards and gadgets,
and download their drivers.

Also, I've heard of people having better
luck loading win98 from scratch or upgrading
from Win3.1. People haven't had such good
luck upgrading from win95..

I agree..I could list 20 bugs/things i dont want ot happen that win95 has at install...most annoying when you don't have a 'browse folder' option and have to use the dos path system..and cant easy duel boot OSR2...grr.

Thanks for your advice folks, I'm seriously thinking of formating my hard drive and simply re-installing Win95. Can anyone tell me the best way to do this? I've already converted my disk to FAT32 (whatever that is) and I fear this might complicate things.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

If you have converted your drive to FAT32, I am going to assume that you have the original version of W95 because W95B uses FAT32 already. If you have an installation disk for your cdrom, you will have to follow the instructions I just gave to Benjamin Agger regarding Fdisking his harddrive in order to go back to the FAT16 that W95 (original or W95A) supports. The theory for fixing both his problem and yours are the same even though he has W95B. His post title is Win95 can only read 3GB of 5GB HDD. I have two 3.2GB drives and use the FAT16 with the original W95 and have partitioned my drives into 500MB each in order to use up 8KB of disk space for every byte instead of 32KB that happens with W95 so you have options available to you in the sizes you want to use for your drive partitions. That gives me alot of small logical drives, I know, but each one has its own slot of information on it...DATA for one drive, GAMES and GAMES2 for two others, a SWAP file for another, NETTOOLS for another, W95TOOLS for one, ENHANCEMENTS for another, and so on. It makes for a very clean and efficient system and the C: drive only has a small amount of space used up for Program Files that are defaulted there by Windows and Internet Explorer and the Windows Folder itself. I also have one of my drives exclusively for APPS so when I install something like my Word word-processing program I make it install there instead of Program Files like it normally would.

I need to reformate my hard drive but i dont know how.

My computer is about 10 months old now and i have found thatit has been running alot slower off late.... I do alot off downloading and del.. could that be why my computer is running so slow??? what can i do or is ther any programs out there that can fix my computer.. ive done defrag everything but still nothing..... Should i jsut reformat my computer??? please reply
i have a p2 400 128 mags ram banchee exelorator card ..if that helps any
thanx

Ok, i need to format my hard drive, because i want to put W95 back on my computer, because i dislike W98. So i need to know how to format the hard drive, and how to fdisk, in the dos system. So any help would be greatly appreciated.

How do I reformat my hard drive?

How do I reformat my hard drive? After that do I reinstall the window?

guys please send me a guide on how to reformat the hard drive i have windows 95 operatin system. ive reformatted it b4 with my friends help, and im not a computer person at all please help, i dont know how to reformat but am sure i need to

i have lowlevel formated my aviar 1.2mbhdd . now i am not able to formate it again can you guide me any utilities for reformating it

i have a old p200 and want to start new
what do i need and have to do to clear out the hardrive and reinstall 98

where can i get information on how to reformate my hard drive. there is so much other info about computers out there but nothing on reformating.why is that? we all need to reformate sooner or later.im running win98 on a 2yr old computer

Can anyone tell me the steps to follow in reformatting a hard drive so I can start from scratch and reinstall windows 95?

how do i reformat my hard drive, my email
tristar@tristarsurplus.com

HELP!!!!!!
Please i need help. I dont know how to reformat my computer and all sorts of stuff isbothering me. If you have icq or email my emails at the top and heres my icq number.

25739108

I currently have win98 installed with fat32 on an 18GB HD (set up for a large hard drive).

How do I install win nt, such that I have a duel bool option (98/NT)?

I would like to reformat my hard drive.....does anyone know how to do this?

Since upgrading to win98 from 95, I have the computer from hell also. Mine keeps reinstalling the modem to comports that don't even exsist. But will not install it to the one where the modem is. It has also done weird stuff, like turning my speakers down. It has made my computer useless. I could also use help reformating my hard drive.

1) make a bootable disk
2) boot w/ the disk
3)type 'format 'to reformat

I'm having some of the same problems as those mentioned in the responses above and have a computer that re-boots without warning, the mouse locks and won't move, no key will do anything, and when these peculiarities occur, nothing short of turning the computer off will get it started again. I want to re-format to clean the hard drive and donate it to a local school. The preceding response is the only one that gives something of a process but doesn't tell how to make a bootable disk nor if the procedure once this is done is as simple as indicated. Is there a fuller explanation?

I re-formatted once before but I've forgotten the process. Surely someone can come up with a viable and understandable method. None of my manuals cover this facet. Thanks for ANY help.

i want to reformat my harddrive and my harddrive is fat32. i want to reformat my harddrive and install whatever windows version i want to from scratch.
can anyone tell me how i can reformat my harddrive please

Our computer is possessed. We are going to format the hard drive AGAIN. But we need dos. A version that you install after complete wipe out of hard drive. Where do I find it?

I am no expert--but I understand this problem on the emotional and frustration level. I am going over to my friends house to re-format his hard drive after I type out this message. #1- put a floppy boot disk in the A Drive # Two put the windows CD in the CDROM Drive #3 restart the computer #4 when the computer starts the computer will load in the DOS mode--when you reach the prompt point type in format c: and hit enter ( this will wipe your drive) let the computer do it's thing and at the next DOS prompt type setup--after this the windows CD will lead you along with the normal semi user friendly interface that you are used to. Remember this-- after you reformat get back on the web and download the newest and most correct driver for all of your hardware and plug and play devices. Also A hot tip I learned from World Famous Wildlife Painter Roy Chaffin--who is also one of the worlds top designers of aircraft for MSflight simulator {download end it all) This little utility is used to stop programs from operating in the backgroung while you run a graphics intense program such as flite sim. Hope this is of some help-Dorn

how do you reformat a partitioned harddrive.

is it still "format c:"?

how do i reformat a hard drive which is compressed? i cannot get into windows to uncompress it in drivespace....can i uncompress from dos somehow? i would also like a more indepth explanation on how to reformat a hard drive...i have done it before with assistance but cant remeber how...my email is lees@tik.com.au

thank you in advance for any replys

Make a StartUp disk. It will have everything you need, including the CD drivers. Once it's made and you've tested it, you're done. Go to Control Panel, Select Add/Remove programs. Select the StartUp Disk tab. With a blank diskette in your A drive click OK. Your disk will be created for you.

How do you test your StartUp disk after you make it?

I need to reformat my h.d. Do I need to remove my dsl network card and my graphics board. These are not the original cards, must I remove them before reformating? My machine came with no network card, and I have upgraded my graphics card.

I just install new 20.5GB hard drive on my pc
but i don't know partitioning and formatting.
Please,Can you help me how to do it.Thank you very much

hello

i install windows 98 any time system was hang
i run the antivirus and deltree the partition and format the harddisk there is bad sector i run the dm for harddisk

pleas provided the master dm how formated the every harddisk
i am very thankful to you

How do I reformat my hardrive

Man i thought I had the computer from hell!! but after reading some of the responses My computer is doing pretty good, Win98SE + a gazillion patches. have some minor gliches icons not staying were you put them, setting changing, locks while setting idle, browser problems with MSHTML.DLL, and you try to fix the vidio problem by loading new drivers and it doesnt work. well just was looking for a list of things to remember to backup before you reformat and loose everything like email files. well its off to Techtv.com, thanks this was cool

Ok guys, here's the deal... my computer runs great, no problems at all... except... recently my internet explorer will not play nice at all... i have kept it up to date, by downloading all the updates from windows update.. so baiscally i'm running IE5.5.. i have WIN98SE.. and have had no problems. but recently like i said IE just causes page faluts... I have been toying with the idea of reformating my harddrive to fix the problem, but i would like to know if anyone can help me out with another fix to my IE problems.. thanks for the time and the help. Kevin.

Hi,
I am thinking of reformatting my hard drive.
As it eems like I have been hi-jacked by MSN when they were only supposed to download and upgrade Internet Explorer to IE5.5.
Two days ago I downloaded a security upgrade from the MSN software site as I had been 'nagged' persistantly by a microsoft screen 'popping' up everytime I logged on.
I was advised on the same site that to be able to make use of the upgrade I also needed
to upgrade to Explorer 5.5
Ever since doing this I have not been able to get my ISP and Internet Explorer wont let me open any web pages.
Whenever I click on the Internet Explorer icon a 'content advisor' box pops up and the message says I must check for missing information (dont know what, it doesnt tell me)It does tell me to go
via: Tools/Internet Options/Content/Settings and when I look in settings a 'supervisor password' is needed to change the 'disable' button to 'enable' to view web pages.
If I try to connect anyway I get 'Page cannot be displayed' as I am 'offline' or 'settings require changing' (I am not offline- I checked)
As I have never put a password in the contents advisor I think somehow the microsoft site messed up when they upgraded the program.
I have had this computer for two years with no previous problem like this before when using Internet Explorer.I also upgraded last year from IE4 to IE5 with no problems. It all started with this latest upgrade.
Does anyone know how I can rectify the situation?
Also MSN homepage over rode my ISP homepage and I cant get my ISP's homepage even though it is still set as default (I checked )
thanks for any ifo but in the meantime I am gearing myself up ready to do a reformat of the hard drive.

My 2gb hdd failed, I indtalled a 30gb hdd. I need formatting instructions. PLEASE ?

Help...
Ihd win98SE installed on my computer and decided to upgrade to Win ME then my troubles began I lost my 31/2" floppy drive it was turned into a cdrom drive. I uninstalled Win Me and now I have constant freeze ups and when I restart my computer I keep getting a window telling me to restart my computer in order to finish installing the hardware i installed . I didn't install any hardware and I'm about at my wits end. Can someone give me the step by step instructions to reformat my C drive?? P.S. I went to MS and they tried a number of things but couldn't solve my problems.. I wonder if I reformat and reinstall Win 98SE if this will solve my problems. Thanks for any help I can Get. Harry

how I can reformat hard drive?

I reformatted my hard drive from the following site:
http://www.cyberwalker.com
there are step by step directions.
go to the search engine called "ask jeeves"(no quotations though) and ask how do i reformat my hard drive?, there are several sites to choose from.
hope this helps

How do I reformate the Hard drive. So I can reinstall Win95.

I am also one of these people who has tried to reformat a hard drive( I was using windows 95 ). Here are some of the steps I took or didn't take. I'd appreciate any useful comments.
1) Went into BIOS during the normal Windows 95 "launch" and reformatted hard drive. I do not know if this is similiar to a "format c" command from the DOS prompt or is it the same as"format c/u/s"?
2) Several websights dealing with hard drive formating and reloading of Windows95 say different things about formatting technique. Some say you should use the "format c", others say "format c/u/s". Which is right?
3) I downloaded two bootdisks from sites which claim to have the answer to the cd-rom problem for win95. In both cases I have received a zip file which then required a unzip utility like WINZIP or PKUNZIP ( the last one might be spelled wrong. I don't have the documentation in front of me ). Of course when you have a completely erased C drive where is this utility supposed to come from? Why can't these guys put all the requirements into one file? Maybe I'm just missing something obvious here. But it doesn't seem like it. Too many people giving obviously contrary advice and all of them claiming to be correct. Maybe if more 'netizens' spent as much time learning to communicate in the English language as they do in playing with electronic toys we would all benefit.