Hi hallphen-ga,
Switching operating systems requires a bit of command line
background...once you've done it a couple times you'll find it quite
easy. The steps are outlined below:
FORMAT HARD DRIVE:
You will need a windows 98 boot disk to proceed with this step.
Instructions on creating one are as follows (you'll need to put a
floppy disk in first):
"Windows XP Professional will create an MS-DOS boot disk. Just right-
click Drive A in My Computer and choose Format. When the Format dialog
box opens, select the 'Create an MS-DOS startup disk' check box and
click Start."
http://www.itworld.com/nl/win_admin_tips/09282001/
1. Restart the computer and continuously hit delete while on the black
start-up screen to enter the BIOS menu options.
2. Go to BIOS Options (or something similarly worded depending on your
motherboard brand) and change Boot Sequence so that A: is listed
first. This can generally be done using the PGUP and PGDN keys.
3. Save your changes and exit. Be sure to put your boot disk into the
floppy drive before restarting.
4. The system will boot from the floppy drive and you will get a DOS
prompt. If you are asked, you want to boot with CD-ROM support.
5. Type:
format c:
(I'm assuming that your C Drive is the one that currently has
win98SE)
Your hard drive is now completely empty
RE-INSTALL WIN98SE
6. Once complete (it will take a few minutes), type:
D:
(assuming that the D Drive is your CD-ROM drive)
7. Type:
setup
You will now be navigated through the windows 98SE installation
process. This is not difficult (just follow the prompts), but remember
to remove your floppy disk and to change the boot sequence back to C:,
CD-ROM, A:. This just means it will boot up from the hard drive again
after windows has been re-installed.
Cheers!
answerguru-ga |
Clarification of Answer by
answerguru-ga
on
27 Sep 2002 18:15 PDT
I seem to have WIN98SE on the brain for some reason....please replace
all instances of it with "Windows XP Pro". All instructions still
apply :)
answerguru-ga
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Request for Answer Clarification by
hallphen-ga
on
29 Sep 2002 09:26 PDT
About my "D" & "E" drives; they are NTFS, do i need to format them
too as you say to do the "C' drive ?
Sorry this has taken so long, i had to set-up the other computer for
the internet.
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Request for Answer Clarification by
hallphen-ga
on
29 Sep 2002 10:09 PDT
With
A:\>
I type
Format C:
I get
Bad command or file name
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Clarification of Answer by
answerguru-ga
on
29 Sep 2002 12:22 PDT
Hi again hallphen-ga,
If you want to be able to see your other drives, they must also be FAT
or FAT32 otherwise they will not be recognized by windows xp.
For the bad command issue - type: dir
If the resulting list doesn't have a file called format then your boot
disk is not complete or it is not a valid boot disk...you'll need to
create it over again.
Thanks for using Google Answers!
answerguru-ga
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Request for Answer Clarification by
hallphen-ga
on
29 Sep 2002 15:16 PDT
Thanks, the boot disk was corrupted as you said. It needed a
work-around.
Your instructions on formating would have worked otherwise; the new os
is working now, thanks again.
Now on to the other computer with NTFS.....
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Clarification of Answer by
answerguru-ga
on
29 Sep 2002 18:00 PDT
I'm glad I could help...thanks for using Google Answers!
answerguru-ga
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