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[Pkent]

I was wondering how to reformat my hardrive with windows
Me already installed?

[Mike M]

You cannot format the drive containing the operating system when still using
that system. You can only do this from a DOS prompt after booting from a
floppy.

For details of how to fdisk and format see the Microsoft Knowledge Base
article 255867 - "How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition
or Repartition a Hard Disk" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=255867) as
well as the file CLEANHD.TXT which is in the Win 9x folder on the Win Me CD.

I am prompted however to ask why do you wish to do this? What problems are
you having that make you feel the best solution is to clean install your
operating system.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Pkent > wrote:

> I was wondering how to reformat my hardrive with windows
> Me already installed?