[pchelpers] Re: reformatting hard drive

thank you so much!
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From: "John Durham" <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 4:01 PM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: reformatting hard drive


> Then assuming it works, when the time comes to format the drive, follow
> this procedure:
> Shut down (power off for 30 seconds)
> Put the disk in A: drive
> Startup (let the floppy boot the system)
> At the DOS prompt type what is on the line below
> FORMAT C: /S
> Press Enter
> Wait for it to finish, then reboot from A:
> Put the windows 98 CD in the CD drive
> Go to the CD drive by entering
> D:
> or whichever the drive letter is, then type SETUP
> Follow the process through to install windows.
>
> Note: Afterwards, you need to  set up your internet account/connection
> again, along with all your applications.
> ELIZABETH LUTZ wrote:
> > yes still have the boot disk that came with win98
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Durham" <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 2:29 AM
> > Subject: [pchelpers] Re: reformatting hard drive
> >
> >
> >
> >> If you are still running W98, then you need to make a boot disk (if you
> >> haven't already). Can you make a floppy like that?
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