I recently formatted my harddrive and now i want to reinstall ME, but all the bootdisk Ive tried so far on bootdisk.com wont work so what are some alternatives?

If you've made the partitins, have you tried boting using the cdrom?

You use the boot disk program from bootdisk.com to create a bootable floppy disk.

Double click on the one you download and it will say"insert floppy to write"which you insert click ok and it creates a bootable disk.

Most times people just download the file copy it to a floppy disk and think hmm, why won't it boot?

It is not a bootable file.It is a file to create a bootable floppy.

Exactly...the file you download from bootdisk.com isn't the actual bootdisk, it's the file that creates the boot disk.

Also, your BIOS has to be configured so that the floppy drive is the 1st boot device.

does fdisk come with the boot disk i download at bootdisk.com?

Yes it does.

ok so i got the booting part but what do i type in the command to run the CD rom

At the A:\> type setup and press enter to begin the installation.

Is this what your asking?

When you use the boot disk it creates a virtual drive D:Your cdrom should be asigned asE: So at the boot A:\ prompt Maybe you should type E: then type setup and then press enter.

I really don't read minds but, I am trying.

ok so i got the booting part but what do i type in the command to run the CD rom

what do i type in command prompt to start installing the cd

Did you use the win 98 bootdisk from bootdisk.com Windows98 OEM ?If so did you choose to boot with cdrom support?Do you a dog gone manufacturer cd instead of regular windows ME?

ok i got the setup part...but when it starts the setup it says windows needs a certain amount of bytes to run the setup and im sure i have enough space cause i reformatted the whole drive...its a 40gb by the way....so i was wondering is it because its a NTFS partition? how can i partition it back to Fats32 partition? i tried deleteing the NTFS partition and repartioning the drive but it doesnt ask me if i want to partion it as NTFS or Fats32..what do i do now? And im sorry if you guys arent quite understanding me...i really appreciate all the help you guys are offering.

When you boot with your boot disk and go to fdisk,you will find the option to delete all the partitions in the non-dos.

That would be your NTFS partition.

I believe that is item number 4.

Then choose to delete partitions in the non-dos.

yea i deleted all my partitions and re partitioned the drive but it still says i dont have enough bytes to install windows or run the windows setup

Use the boot floppy for performing your Windows installation. For partitioning & formatting, use the software that's designed to work with your HDD. You didn't list the brand name so I can't tell you what software to use....

When booting off the WinME boot floppy, all you have to do is read the screen....select "with CD-ROM support" & after it loads, the screen will tell you what drive letter to use for the CD-ROM. Boot disks from bootdisk.com usually use the letter "R". So when it finally stops at the A: prompt, simply switch to R:, then type SETUP & hit the enter key, like so:

A:\>
A:\>R:\ [enter]
R:\>
R:\>setup [enter}

WinME installation will begin....

Did you purchase a retail copy of Winme or is this a priority install disk that came with the computer?

its the retail copy of the cd

You have to get rid of NTFS...WinME uses FAT32. Use the HDD software

Don't forget to format the drive before trying to install too. It sounds like you have never done this before, correct?