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Curt Haase
May 30th 04, 01:40 AM
hi,

I have to go from WinMe to Win2000Pro. i have to format
the disk before i install Win2000. what's the proper
procedure to retain control of the CD Drive, yet wipe the
disk clean of all remainants of WinME? all help is
apprecitated!

Curt

Mart
May 30th 04, 02:19 AM
Boot, using the WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk and at the A:\> prompt type
"format c:" (No quotes and note the space before the c and the colon after
it) Then press Return.

N.B. This will completely wipe the C: drive clean - there's no going back!

Re-boot with the WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk and select the CD support
option. (Note the temporary letter designated (on the screen) to the
CD-ROM).This will give you control over your CD-ROM.

Mart


"Curt Haase" > wrote in message
...
> hi,
>
> I have to go from WinMe to Win2000Pro. i have to format
> the disk before i install Win2000. what's the proper
> procedure to retain control of the CD Drive, yet wipe the
> disk clean of all remainants of WinME? all help is
> apprecitated!
>
> Curt