2006-12-26 20:16:59 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
i want to format c drive in which windows 98 is installed...but i unable to do that..the very icon of c drive has changed shape to something else
2006-12-26 20:22:47 · update #1
i want to format c drive in which windows 98 is installed...but i am unable to do that..the very icon of c drive has changed shape to something else
2006-12-26 20:23:18 · update #2
- Go to bookdisk.com (link below) and download and create a set of windows 98 boot floppy disks.
- Reboot your PC with the windows 98 boot disk int he floppy drive, and your PC will boot up to a DOS command prompt
- at the prompt, type "format c:" (without the quotes) and it will warn you that you are about to erase all data - press Y to confirm
- given the size of your hard drive and the speed of your computer, the formatting may take a while (maybe over an hour)
- Re-install Windows 98 from the Windows 98 CD
Just in case the warning from the format command doesn't alert you enough, you will lose ALL of your data - all your Word files, all your photos, everything. Unfortunately, viruses have a habit of commandeering otherwise innocent files, so by backing them up before you start you may also be backing up the virus.
2006-12-26 20:31:27 · answer #1 · answered by Beej 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As windows 98 is an operating system you can't uninstall it. You have to reinstall it. Do you have the Boot + Installation CD with you? Arrange for it and restart the computer with the installation CD in the CD ROM. Follow the instruction step by step, don't change the partition else all data will be removed. You will get the option for formatting C drive, do that.
One problem is there that Win98 cannot detect all drivers on it's own so you have to have the CDs for Monitor, Motherboard, Display settings, modems, printers etc.
2006-12-26 21:27:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Format windows 98 with bootable CD.
2006-12-26 22:49:49 · answer #3 · answered by sunil p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a residing house windows 98SE setup disk and run fdisk to delete the non-dos partition on the force which will do away with Vista. Set 2 partitions , a dos partition and a non-dos partition. set up ninety 8 first on the dos partition format it fat32. Then set up XP on the prolonged non-dos partition and format it NTFS. once you boot it provide you the determination of which os to load. in straightforward terms subject i will verify is that there is probably no longer any ninety 8 drivers for the particularly some hardware interior the workstation. The extra contemporary chipsets etc wernt even theory-approximately while ninety 8 grew to become into out.
2016-11-23 19:13:11 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my dear friend,
there is only one soloution if u can just boot it from bootable CD or floppy or and format ur existing "C" partition and install a new fresh window 98 before installing u must back up ur file which u need. and last u must install a good virus software after installing
and if u want to more help just mail me inderjitsingh2005@yahoo.com
2006-12-26 21:03:07 · answer #5 · answered by inderjitsingh2005 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can format ur drive with the help of a start up disk. if u donot know how to make a start up disk u can take the files from me and put them into the floppy. i am online right now. u can join me on the messenger. i will tell u the further steps afterward
2006-12-26 20:53:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm Windows 98 is an "End Of Life" product. That is it's use by date has expired if I can put it like that.
anyway for instructions try here: http://www.tweak3d.net/tutorials/operating-sytem-installation/how-to-install-windows-98
2006-12-26 20:34:36 · answer #7 · answered by Gowrie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't "uninstall" it without have something to go back to. You could reinstall it. If it was an upgrade and it gave you the opportunity to make a restore disk, then take it, but what are you upgrading from?? Windows 3.1?
2006-12-26 20:19:54 · answer #8 · answered by T J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prefer u try any good antivirus for the removal and , worst case format the disk and reinstall windows. make sure that u backup ur important files and scan well before restoring them back
2006-12-26 20:42:48 · answer #9 · answered by Jyo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If data on your hard disk is corrupted it is advisable to format the hard disk and reinstall the operating system (usually Windows XP) More details at http://fixit.in/format.html
2006-12-27 12:48:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋