Hi, I have searched and searched and cannot come up with a solution to my problem. Problem being I reformatted my HD and got past the a prompt and formatted c: fine now I am supposed to type in E:setup as this is my cd-rom drive but, when I do it says bad command or file. I have tried all the drives and typed setup and the same result everytime I cannot get it to load the os from the cd someone please help. Btw my computer is a compaq not sure about anything besides its a p3 and it is a desktop case very small my upgraded cd-rw drive will not even fit.

"my upgraded cd-rw drive will not even fit." .. and that is relevant how? Watch the screen when booting from the diskette - are the CD drivers loading? You should see the drive letter assignment displayed there. Are you using a standard Windows ME installation CD? If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't, I'll just respond, cleverly --Donald Rumsfeld

If the hard-drive has a single partition only, then possibly the CD is actually d: ? Also, as jboy asks, are you using an ME CD - or booting/installing with an ME boot-floppy + the CD?

... another "fire & forget" question, no doubt There's some argument for entering 'setup', without the drive specification, as the bootdisk should establish the PATH - - still (as I seem to keep saying): 'just watch the screen' - much information is presented there, but it does no good if it goes unread If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't, I'll just respond, cleverly --Donald Rumsfeld

jboy, LOL fire and forget RTFS read the first screen ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

'first'? (heh) Yeah, it seems many of these questions are answered for posterity's sake - it's nicer to have a little 'closure' though If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't, I'll just respond, cleverly --Donald Rumsfeld