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    Helia

    Helia Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hello
    I was hopeing somone could tell me the proper way to reformat Windows ME I am donig this for a friend.
    I have windows xp home and when I reformat my computer it asks if I want to delete Partitions,,, Well I put the cd in to reformat her computer all it did was install Windows ME didnt ask anywere about deleteing the partitions so am I missing something or does Me just do it that way. Also I have no idea why ist not finding modem (They are still on Dail up GRRRRRRRRRRRR) :mad:
     
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    Hello Helia!

    WinME has no utilities on the CD to partition and format. You need the WinME Start Disk that should have been created during the first installation. If it wasn't or has gone missing, You can download one at bootdisk.com. Find the downloaded file, put a blank floppy in the drive and double-click the downloaded file. It will create the WinME Start Disk.

    Booted from that one, at the A: command prompt, type FDISK > hit enter and follow the prompts to remove and create partitions.

    When finished, format the partitions using the command FORMAT C: > hit enter and the same for the rest of the partitions.

    Now, You're ready to pop in the CD and do a clean install.

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    Thank you that was very helpfull but now I am not sure what bootdisk she needs and as her pc wont be online I need to do it through mine LOL how will I know what one I need hopefully it will have it on the pc (I do recall it asking me for flopy during the install not sure if that was it or not)


    Or I could download all and then see what one she needs although that is a pain in the butt LOL
     
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    Download "Windows Me OEM" but ...... :confused: ...... there is no information on the differences between Alt1 and Alt2. I would go for Alt1 and create the boot disk on Your computer.

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    Fdisk is on ME. You can download to a floppy.

    FDISK.EXE
    It's in \WINDOWS\COMMAND or \WINDOWS\COMMAND\EBD

    Regards - Charles
     
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    Hi,

    The difference is that Alt1 and Alt2 are alternatives, just incase the first link is down.

     
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    Liam,
    thanks for that information!

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    No Problem. I didnt know what it meant at first either, but we both know now!
    :)
     
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    LOL Thanks everyone doing this tomorow wish me luck
     
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    Good luck Helia, hope it all goes well and works ok
     
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