Help I used 4th option on my ME recovery CD to try and cure multiple problems but am stuck on enter product key as a very unhelpful tho funny wizard and menu are covering the first box to enter number and I cannot change screen resolution to try and get all 5 boxes to show

Have a Dell Inspiron 2500 that had a 10 GB hard drive go south. I need 6 more months from it and it is worthwhile to install a new hard drive and reinstall ME and programs. I go into setup and get told that "An error was detected while formatting the primary hard drive partition". My drive...

I am asking this for my brother who hasn't been able to get on his computer in months now. I use XP so am no help to him. Everytime he tries to boot to the desktop, he gets a message saying that he needs a password. That's all well and good IF he could remember it. He DID enter a password but...

When trying to re-format my hdd, I get 'The Primary DOS Partition already exists' and 'MS Win no longer supports the format /s command. Format terminated' This message could also be titled 'Directory Structure error on my PC desktop. The 'format c: /s' is shown...

Help - I can't figure out how to setup a my printer/modem (not sure which) so that it can capture a fax from Word for instance, and send it to my fax program. How does one do this? Please email me back if you know.

I had to reinstall WinME and I seem to be caught in a catch-22 situation. Perhaps someone can help? I am using a Compaq PC and it came with a resource CD, which only allows to do a "factory reinstall". Although I am losing all data that I have on the PC, that's the only thing I can do. I am using...

I have a Dell Dimension 4100 running ME. Last year my hard drive crashed and I had to replace it. Ever since then, my computer will not read or recognize any commercial cds (data or music) but will read all cds I've burned (and will still burn new ones). The cd drive I have is a LG CED-8120B...

Hi, I have just reinstalled the OS on my older pentium. The CD-Rom worked to install the OS, but now that I am in the OS (Windows ME) it can see the CD Rom drive, but cannot read any CD. Sometimes it recognizes data CDs to see the name (IE it shows the Windows ME name when that disc is in). ...

I am performing a clean install from a windows me cd rom. I have a WD 60 GB hard drive partitioned at 20%/80%. One cdrw and one dvd rw. When i boot from the cd for setup, it loads all of the necessary drivers, but then gives the error message "CDR 101: Not ready reading drive f". any ideas on how...

Can someone instruct me on how to change my log on name and password to log on to windows?

A while back I got a new hard disk and installed Windows XP on it, leaving Windows ME on my old disk. I have a boot.ini file on my old drive and get a multi-boot menu. Almost immediately I started to have unrecoverable disk problems on the new disk and didn't have time to resolve it, so it's...

After setup the keyboard uses the English (US) configuration. - I need to change to an English (British) keyboard but the system tells me that the kbduk.kbd file is missing and that "Windows needs the disk labelled Windows Millenium Edition to continue" - I've inserted the disk and tried to find...

Hi, Can any one please advise as to how ME on my laptop can be changed to Chinese language. Also is it easy to switch between English and Chinese for different users. Chinese does not seem to be an inbuilt choice with ME. Thanks Barry

I reformatted my Maxtor 30GB HDD using fdisk. I set up the primary DOS partition and put in the ME startup disk. The diagnostic tools are loaded to D: and the CDROM drive is lettered E: When I type setup.exe at the E: prompt I receive a message to hit enter to continue with setup. The setup...

I just about given up on trying to do a clean install of my Win Me system. My Win Me system was packaged with an IBM NetVista desktop with IBM recovery CDs. I do have (from work) a WIN 2K install CD (with key). Can I do a clean install of WIN 2K (after FDISK (SINGLE PARTITION) , FORMAT) or would...

I would like to do a clean install of Windows Me on A dell dimension 4100. Could someone kindly outline the steps in order. I previously reinstalled over old version and had to get help from India.. Thanks. Roger

Hello, I am going to be installing a new motherboard and you have to reinstall windows after you do this. Well, I have a computer bought from a major retailer so the operating system came pre-installed. No Windows Install disc came with my computer. I need one to install windows after I install...

I am getting so frustrated. I have the full version of windows 95 on desk, all 24 disks the Windowsd 95 setup boot disk, 22 disks of Windows 95 and USB Update disk. I bought a compaq computer with windows 98se and had so many error problems I decided to upgrade to ME. Bought the upgrade which...

Hi, As I prepare to receive my new machine and move to XP, I'm going to sell my current PC running an OEM version of WinMe. It didn't come with a winME disk and I'm wondering is there a way to clean the PC and leave it as if ME has just been installed. Any ideas? Many thanks,

I want to do a clean install of Windows ME on a floppyless computer. Is there a way to create a startup cd or usb memory stick.