Thanks Hank, I do't know jet if she has a start-up disk. If she does not have it = where can I find the Windows folder that has format.exe on it.=20 Can I find it at the same place WindowsMe has it where you can make a = Start-up floppy when you go to Control Panel/add remove programs/Windows = Setup?? sylvia.=20 Hi Silvia, I do it like this, Make a floppy disk and make sure = format.exe is on it, if it isn't then copy it from Windows folder to the = floppy, Start the computer with the floppy then make sure it loads the = CD drives, at the A:> type format C: it will tell you it will erase all = info. click ok and you are on your way. Sincerely Yours, Hank My home page http://members.fortunecity.com/hdka Radarmatrix http://www.radarmatrix.com Songs http://hdka.stormpages.com/index.html Chemtrails http://members.fortunecity.com/hdka/menact.html =20 Hello to all, Can somebody who runs Windows 98 tell me how the best way is to format = =3D it. Tomorrow I'm going to help a friend to format her computer. I have = =3D WindowsME myself and I think there is not much difference with = Windows98 =3D but just to be on the safe side I'm asking it here. Sylvia........Holland. To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk