Tell me how to reformat my HD

[peat moss]

Change boot order to a: . Put floppy boot disk in then fdisk your on your way. It was posted already .


http://www.computerhope.com/fdiskhlp.htm

[muchspl3]

lol you don't uninstall windows

[RPerry]

lol you don't uninstall windows

He could uninstall XP if he left the uninstall files there, if you notice, he upgraded from 98SE

[Skiz]

Change boot order to a: . Put floppy boot disk in then fdisk your on your way. It was posted already .


http://www.computerhope.com/fdiskhlp.htm

Thx, but this is waaay outside my knowledge base. (Creating partitions and the like.)

lol you don't uninstall windows

Why not?? What if I wanted to go back to win 98? I would need to uninstall. How do I do this??

[peat moss]

Thx, but this is waaay outside my knowledge base. (Creating partitions and the like.)

lol you don't uninstall windows

Why not?? What if I wanted to go back to win 98? I would need to uninstall. How do I do this??

We know what you mean , muchspl3 was just teasing . Ok I'm stupid, I just got it. Did you save your win 98 files ?

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303661


Or this : http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314052

[Skiz]

We know what you mean , muchspl3 was just teasing . Ok I'm stupid, I just got it. Did you save your win 98 files ?

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303661

I dunno, what do you mean by "did you save the win98 files?" I have the win 98 disk. Is that what you mean? Or do are you asking if I backed up all those files before I upgraded or what?

Sorry about being so ignorant about this but I've never needed to reinstall.

[Skiz]

I've done this, but step four doesn't exist.

4. In the list of installed programs, double-click Uninstall Windows XP.

Should I try this?

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Removing NTFS
To remove the NTFS file system, reformat the hard disk to use the FAT or FAT32 file system. To do so, use the Windows XP startup disks. If your computer supports a bootable CD-ROM, you can also use the Recovery Console tool on the Windows XP CD-ROM. If you reformat or repartition a disk, you delete all the data that is on the disk. Therefore, make sure that you back up your data before you reformat the disk.

To use Recovery Console to reformat a drive, follow these steps: 1. Use the Windows XP CD-ROM or the startup disks to start the computer.
2. When the Welcome to Setup screen appears, press F10.
3. In Recovery Console, specify the appropriate installation, and then use your Administrator credentials to log on.
4. Type map, and then press ENTER.
5. Note the drive that you want to reformat. The drive letters may be different in Recovery Console from what they are in Windows XP.
6. Type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER:
format x: /fs:fat32
Where x is the letter of the drive that you want to format, and FAT32 is the file system that you want to use.
7. Type y, and then press ENTER. When the formatting is completed, type exit. and then press ENTER to restart the computer.

Freeing up disk space
If you have low disk space, you can safely delete the following files and empty the following folders: • Empty all Windows XP recycle bins.
• In Microsoft Internet Explorer, delete all temporary Internet files, and clear the history files.
• Delete the Pagefile.sys and Hiberfil.sys files.

Note You must delete the Pagefile.sys file in Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

Removing Windows XP files
The following files are hidden files. These hidden files are located in the root folder of the drive that is used to start the computer. Typically, this is drive C (the first drive letter that is available for hard disks).

To remove the Windows XP system files, follow these steps: 1. Start Windows Explorer.
2. Click View menu, and then click Folder Options.
3. Click the View tab, click Show all files, and then click OK.
4. In the root folder of drive C (or the boot drive), delete the following files:• Boot.ini
• Ntbootdd.sys
• Ntdetect.com
• NTLDR

5. On the drive where Windows XP is installed, delete the following files if they exist:• Hiberfil.sys
• Pagefile.sys

Note You must delete the Pagefile.sys file in Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

6. Delete the following folders if they exist:• Windows
• Program Files
• Documents and Settings


Running the Setup program in Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition
To run the Windows Setup program, start your computer by using the Startup disk for the Windows operating system that you are installing. After you access the CD-ROM drive, type the following commands, and press ENTER after each line:
sys c:
x:\setup.exe
Where x is the letter of your CD-ROM drive.

Note In Windows Millennium Edition, the first command may not work and may generate an error message. Typically, this problem does not prevent a successful installation. The Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition CD-ROM have a Setup.txt file that explains how to run the Setup program. There are more instructions for the Setup program in the Getting Started guide that is included with each of the operating systems.

[muchspl3]

lol you don't uninstall windows

He could uninstall XP if he left the uninstall files there, if you notice, he upgraded from 98SE

I don't think he can do that...
thats his problem, I would never upgrade from a older version, but thats just me I guess

edit:
I would recommend just dl'ing windows xp corp with sp2 slipstreamed, then all you have to do is change the boot order to cd.

[peat moss]

Well thats three of us suggesting win xp corp . But if you did n't save your win98 files or set up in NTSF your probably hooped. WIN 98 uses FAT 16 or FAT 32 . But you'll notice it talks about using a startup disk to fdisk and format . Take your time an read all the info given . Its all right there.

[Skiz]

Well thats three of us suggesting win xp corp . But if you did n't save your win98 files or set up in NTSF your probably hooped. WIN 98 uses FAT 16 or FAT 32 . But you'll notice it talks about using a startup disk to fdisk and format . Take your time an read all the info given . Its all right there.

It is in NTFS.




I'll read the rest later when I have time in a week or two. I wasted a whole freakin' day today.