Reformating

How hard is is to reformat a computer? How do you actually do it??

 

With win xp easy if you have a bootable copy of xp just put the disk in select CD as first boot device and follow the onscreen prompts,if its not bootable I would imagine you would have to create a system disk.

 

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp

that;s a good tut that takes you step by step through the install process ... it's not as hard as it may sound or look

 

How about something like that for Win98???
Thanks

 

Most Windows 98 S.E CD's are also bootable, so you can use the same procedure.

The link supplied above, although correct in the steps, states

" Unlike Windows 9x/Me, the Windows XP CD-ROM is bootable"

Not quite true. My Windows 98 S.E and my friends ME CD's are both bootable, as are many others I have seen.

 

if the os cd is not a bootable one, the command prompt option fdisk will work, but you will need to have a startup floppy.

 

How to create a Windows 98 startup disk:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;296532

 

Ok thanks for all the info.
T.Blue