- starting in ms dos
- Posted by Scott on January 17th, 2004
I've tried just about everything I can think of. I need a
way to start up the computer in MS DOS I need to format my
hard drive. I've tried the help topics in windows
(pressing F8 while the compuer boots up) but its not
working I've tried to uninstall windows from the command
prompt but it tells me that a setup log file is missing.
I've tried from "My Computer" by highlighting the C:
drive, clicking on "File" then "Format" but it comes back
with the message that windows is running and aborts the
format. I need help and i want to try doing this myself
if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.
- Posted by war17 on January 17th, 2004
Boot up with a bootup disk. If you don't have one, get one from
www.bootdisk.com Get the Windows ME OEM version. Make sure your Bios to
read your floppy driver first.
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Warren
For additional help, post in
http://groups.msn.com/HelpforInterne...owsME/homepage
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- Posted by on January 18th, 2004
if you need to format the c:/ drive..this is what you can
do to format the computer
in the ms dos mode type in this:
format c:/
then it askes you to type y or n, type y
and it will format your harddrive for you
