how do you reformat a hard drive on windows 98?

Answer 1

create a boot disk, or boot off cd
in dos type
format C:

if this isnt exactly what u wanted type fdisk
see if thats what ure thinking of

Answer 2

Ya it's very simple just put the Windows bootable CD and set ur BIOS to boot from Cd and now when it catches the CD while booting, mean when it ask u to boot from CD press any key, now follow the instruction as given by the windows installer program

But remember it will finally erase all the data of ur harddisk so be sure to make back up first then do something then.
After formatting ur hard drive u also have to install the windows first because it will remove all the data including program etc

And also remember that u have not formatted ur hard drive for more than 4 times before, because they r like a re-writable CD it has the limit for formatting itself, U can't format ur hard drive as long as u want it has a limited capacity after that it will crashed.

Ok just take care for formatting, if u need another help just contact me at [e-mail] i will tell u the whole process

Answer 3

This is a pretty drastic process and takes several hours. If you have system slow downs and ongoing bugs you may be able to repair with software tools (see here), however that said, on with the show.

The procedure will decimate the data on your C: drive, so it's crucial that you back up all the data you don't want to lose.

Don't forget items like e-mail data and address books (see: How to backup e-mail.). Back up all your documents including your "My Documents" folder and all the data you've stored on your Windows Desktop which you'll find in c:\Windows\Desktop or c:\Windows\Profiles\\desktop, where is your Windows log-on.

Don't worry about backing up programs that you can reinstall later, unless you want a complete backup of your C: drive in the event of a problem.

Now, create a boot disk. Creating a Windows 98 boot disk is easy. If Windows 98 came factory-installed with your machine then one may have been supplied with your documentation. If not, you can create one through the Control Panel. In Windows, go to Add/Remove Programs and click the "StartUp Disk" tab and click the "Create Disk" button. It will create a boot disk on a blank floppy for you with CD-ROM support.

This is important, as you'll need access to your CD-ROM drive to do a new Windows98 install.


Once the boot disk is created, test it to see if you can access your CD-ROM drive. To do this reboot the machine with the floppy disk in the floppy drive and when the machine restarts choose "Start with CD-ROM support".

At the prompt type d: and hit the Enter key. If the machine responds with D:\> you are in business.

Next type "format c:" without the quotes (and hit ENTER).

The C: drive (main hard drive) will then be wiped clean.

Once the reformat is finished put your Windows CD-ROM disk in the CD-ROM drive, and type "D:\setup" at the prompt.

Once Windows is finished installing, reinstall your backup software and restore your data to the hard drive.

If you need a more indepth procedure, click here. If you have further questions see our reformat/reinstall FAQ

http://www.cyberwalker.net/faqs/how-tos/reformat-reinstall-win98.shtml

Answer 4

put the 98 disc in drive turn off the pc turn back on when asked to press any key to boot from cd do so a number of options should be available including reformatting of the hard drive

Answer 5

( from the floppy)
run your windows go to add remove menu make system disk when floppy ready reboot computer with disk in floppy drive at the command prompt>a:\ format c:\

(If you are booting from the cd just type as below)
type cd ( your cd drive letter for the drive your 98 disk is in):\win98\oemsetup.exe (enter) windows will format the drive and then install windows follow the instructions on the screen this is a clean install (OEM)

Answer 6

1. But windows 98 bootable CD in your CD Drive.
2. Set up your Bios to boot from CD.
3. WHen it runs, then select run my computer with CDrom support, then on command prompt, type "Format c: /q /u /s"
4. go to windows CD, lets say d:
5. Go to setup folder.
6. type "setup"

Answer 7

Use a abode windows 98SE setup disk and run fdisk to delete the non-dos partition on the stress which will eliminate Vista. Set 2 partitions , a dos partition and a non-dos partition. installation ninety 8 first on the dos partition format it fat32. Then installation XP on the prolonged non-dos partition and format it NTFS. once you boot it rather is going to provide you the determination of which os to load. purely difficulty i will work out is that there is probably no longer any ninety 8 drivers for various the hardware interior the laptop. The extra moderen chipsets etc wernt even concept-approximately while ninety 8 replaced into out.

Answer 8

First create a boot disc, control panal add/remove 3rd tab create boot disc.
I can't remember if win98 boot disc has support for cd rom (if not e-mail me I have a win me disc which does have cd support).
alter bios:- first boot floppy
at the options choose cd rom support
at the A: prompt type :- format /c: ,press enter
after format it will return to the A: prompt then type in E:(which is your cd rom .
at E: prompt type setup /c: , press enter
follow on screen instruction , but with in an hour you will have windows

Answer 9

Reboot in DOS, then at the C: prompt, type "format C:" (without the quotes).

Be sure that you have a boot disk and a new operating system install CD handy before you do this.

Answer 10

The procedure will decimate the data on your C: drive, so it's crucial that you back up all the data you don't want to lose.

Everything that you need to know go here,

http://www.cyberwalker.net/faqs/how-tos/reformat-reinstall-win98.shtml