I have formatted my c drive. nOW I am not sure of the prompts to re-install operating system. My CD drive is F, and I want to load onto my C, I have a start up disk. Please very simple basic instructions, I am not to up on this stuff. Help appreciated. Thank god for laptops, at least I can still ask for help

Here you go Mandy. Go to the site below and click on the links 1-6. Hope this helps. Regards http://support.dell.com/us/en/kb/document.asp?DN=1036680

hello if you have recovery disks put disk 1 in and reboot follow instructions. if you have full install cd put it in drive and reboot foolw in structions have a nice day smile

Microsoft have an article on the Windows CDs and also on their website. On the ME CD you'll find the article in \addons\document\guide and it's called mqsg. The information you want starts about page 31. On a PC with ME already installed you will also find a similar article at C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\INSTALL\CLEANHD.TXT On the website, go to http://support.microsoft.com/support/windows/topics/winme/setup/setupht.asp which also has a great deal of other useful information on dual booting, setup and uninstalling, and http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q255/8/67.asp http://www.windowsreinstall.com/ http://www.burzurq.com/forum/format_reinstall_.html are also useful Be very careful you have all your drivers and original disks for all your components and peripherals, or download latest versions before you start.