I was trying to partition my hard drive. whenever i try to copy my system files, in dos i do format c:/s it sells me that windows no longer uses that prompt. i have no idea how else to copy the system files from my boot disk, and if i dont, it wont keep my drives partitioned. and i have to reinstall windows. if someone can, please help me out with this. im pulling my hair out im getting so frustrated, ive reinstalled 4 times today!

No longer supported or needed. Create a windows me startup disk. Fdisk to partition and format c: to format.

As per SMUOD, drop the /s ,just format c:

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to make an m.e boot disk goto add/remove and click on make start up disk.
you can allso use a windows 98 boot disk or you can d/l a boot disk at www.bootdisk.com
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I did that. i just did format c: and whenever i install windows its back to the normal thing, and i only have one 15gb hard drive.

"and whenever i install windows its back to the normal thing"

What's the "normal thing"?

If for some reason you absolutely *need* to copy the system files to the hard disk, you will need a Windows 98 boot disk. You can download an image that you then run to extract to a floppy from bootdisk.com.

hm. maybe i should explain what i did. i tried to partition the hard drive. i made a boot disk. i started the computer with the boot disk in, and ran fdisk. after i partitioned it, i restarted, then formatted each of the drives. but the instructions i was given said to use the format c:/s command to copy the system files off the boot disk to the c:drive. it wouldnt copy so i just formatted it and didnt worry about copying the files. after i reinstalled windows, on drive c, my drive wasnt partitioned anymore. i cannot figure out how to install windows and keep it partitioned. i was thinking maybe it was because i couldnt copy the sytsem files. any help would be appreciated.

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