Kyshakk Koan Lord Sylak Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 how do i reformat my main Hard Drive in Win2K without the disk? i recently got a new computer, and want to make my old computer a Windows 98 again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Reality Corp. Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 I don't know if Win2k has the option, but restart in MS-DOS mode (Start-ShutDown-Restartin MS-DOS) then change your directory to be C: and then just type format c: If you don't have that option...try opening My Computer, right click on C: and click on format. Though I doubt it'll work if you don't have another hard drive... I'll check on some more ways and will update this post if I find any... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Lord Sylak Posted December 26, 2003 Author Share Posted December 26, 2003 Win 2K dosen't have a DOS boot-u[p option... do you think i could start up with m yWin 98 disc then format it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Reality Corp. Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 Possibly, if you put your Win98 disc in and reboot your computer, it might give you an option to start the computer with the disc support. Say yes to that option. Also, if you have created a boot disc (floppy) for Win2k, that might give you that option as well when you are loading your computer. From there, it should start up and load into MS-DOS automatically. Then you should be able to format the HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Lord Sylak Posted December 28, 2003 Author Share Posted December 28, 2003 the forcat command didn't work, but the Win98 setup formated the drivce for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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