i m using windows XP Pro. due to lack of space on the hard disk i want to format my c drive and install win 98

Question

how to format the drive?

Answer 1

Think twice before moving back to Win 98. I think there is no support for Win 98 nowadays. Also, most of the software that are coming out are for XP.

To format your C drive, check this link out.


http://www.whitecanyon.com/format-c-drive.php

HTH

Answer 2

re-partitioning and formatting using dos commands can be difficult if you have not tried it before. So if you have win XP cd, boot from it, then when you come to a screen where you are asked to choose the partition on which to install xp, you will see a list of available partitions in the lower panel on the same window. You can press appropriate keys, as mentioned on the screen to first
1) delete all partitions
2) create new partition/s of the desired size

Then exit after partitioning, by turning power off, then take out the cd while rebooting.
After that insert the win98 cd and start the installtion. It will choose the partition to install windows and then start formatting automatically.

However if you do not want to repartition and only format then boot in dos mode using the win98 cd and use the command
format c:\ press Enter

to format another partition, format d:\ etc, to format your existing partitions.

Answer 3

Well, I guess I agree with everyones methods of using the disc. Couple of points, NTFS is THE file system for XP, if you moved the harddrive to another computer, format C wouldn't work anyways because it wouldn't be the C drive. But I have never had to format a drive to remove a Virus, many years of servicing computers, A little known fact concerning virus removal iv XP is that quite often you need to turn off system restore first as the Virus is hidden in those files and replicates itself after being removed by the Anti-virus.

Answer 4

to format the system..
1. Insert the Win98 Bootable CD
2. choose CD ROM support from the menu (3 options).
3. type the command fdisk and hit enter
4. follow the instructions to format.
5. now go to CD Drive from the command prompt (go to win 96 folder)
6. type setup and hit enter.

DONE...

Answer 5

If you reveret back to Win98 you will not be able to download and install all the security patches from Microsoft. They stopped supporting Win98 in 2004/2005...Next to be stopped is Windows Me/ then Win2k.......They are trying to push everyone to use Windows XP home/professional or Vista......Thanks

Answer 6

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221829