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Leven Cruise
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29th Mar 03 at 21:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Ok guys... reformatting question for ya.

My computer might be the most unstable ever! Crashes most of the time, oh how i love the windows blue error screen

Running Windows ME by the way (yes i know its shite, but thats the reboot cd i got with the computer) (dont buy a TIME computer by the way!)

Whats the best way to flatten my hard disk, wiping EVERYTHING! so that i can reboot the pc with either a new OS or use the emergency boot cd again (for the 40th time i think)

Ive tried a few things before.. ends up the same result.

Thoughts?
Super_si
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29th Mar 03 at 21:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Win 98 SE2 bootdisk

put boot disk in
Let it do its shit at
c> format c:
then yes
leave it going.

start OS install again either Load straight from cd rom

Chage bios boot order to floppy,cd,HD0

Si
Leven Cruise
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29th Mar 03 at 21:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Cheers si, ma man.

Sure ive tried that before... but ill give it a blast the morra.
Super_si
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29th Mar 03 at 21:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Its not hard, depending on disk might take a while.

IF you were running 2k, i wouldnt even have botherd telling you to run format.

if you need to fk about with partitions, fdisk it

SI

 
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