Reformatting

[resStealth]

i want to reformat my harddrive and then reinstall windows 98se. i have the disk and cd's and floppys to backup, can i use cd's though? and is there anything special i need to do besides going through the format process and reinstalling the os?

 

[iTWoRxbRo]

There isn't really anything you need to do before installing your OS other than formatting. Standard format.. Boot from your 98se disk.. Run setup. Simple as that.

 

[resStealth]

would it be fine for me to format from run?

 

[alzan]

No, create a Startup floppy from 98SE(Add/Remove Programs - Startup Disk.) After it's created, add the files fdisk, format and scandisk (they can be found in C:\Windows\Command). Use thaty floppy to startup your computer, format your drive and run scandisk after format to map out any bad sectors. Then you're ready for re-install.

alzan

 

[resStealth]

excellent thanks, but if i cant find those files what do i do?

 

[montag451]

on the boot floppy will be the 'format'
just type
format c:
to format your hdd.

To be on the safe side - download a boot disk from the net - http://www.svrops.com/svrops/dwnlddisk.htm

 

[resStealth]

i already have a copy of ultimate boot disk

 

[resStealth]

alright i just made the disk, fdisk was already on the disk and format and scandisk were msdos applications. is that ok?

 

[montag451]

make sure

mscdex
xcopy
format
is also on there.
Then do a dry run - boot using the floppy - see what you can do -
run fdisk - but exit the proggy before you do anything.
check you can see your cdrom drive - won't be c: or d:
- try e: or f:
if you only have one hdd, and one cdrom

as long as you can boot into dos using your floppy, and you can see your cdrom, and the fdisk yoot loads up, and the format yoot is on the disk - away you go