i want to get windows 95 off my computer but tried doing it in an unlikely manner of deleting all the windows files in the explorer. now i cant even get into windows 95 properly. how do i get rid of it now? any help is appreciated!

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Create a W98SE boot disk from www.bootdisk.com. Boot your system with this boot disk, and type the command FORMAT c:


On Sunday, November 2, 2003 at 11:08 am, jonathan torres wrote:
>i want to get windows 95 off my computer but tried doing it in an unlikely manner
>of deleting all the windows files in the explorer. now i cant even get into windows
>95 properly. how do i get rid of it now? any help is appreciated!

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Hi Gerry, Is there an advantage of using 98SE boot disks over the regular 98 disks ??


On Sunday, November 2, 2003 at 11:17 am, Gerry Kroll wrote:
>Create a W98SE boot disk from www.bootdisk.com. Boot your system with this boot
>disk, and type the command FORMAT c:
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>

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Nope. The W98SE boot disk is better for some purposes. In your case, however, even the W95 boot disk would do. Using the W98 boot disk (either version) simply ensures that if the W95 partition happens to be formatted FAT32, the Format program will correctly overwrite it.

Please note that the Format procedure doesn't fully erase the data -- the data becomes inaccessible to ordinary folks, but the law enforcement types or other really determined people might still be able to retrieve your data. The cost of doing so normally isn't worth the effort, though.


On Sunday, November 2, 2003 at 2:20 pm, jack hall wrote:
>Hi Gerry,
>Is there an advantage of using 98SE boot disks over the regular 98 disks ??
>
>

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Thanks Gerry... No, I'm not trying to hide anything. I've installed various versions of 95, along with 98 using the 98 boot disk. My question was, would the SE version perform in all those applications? In other words, one boot disk for all 95 and 98 apps.


On Monday, November 3, 2003 at 6:18 am, Gerry Kroll wrote:
>Nope. The W98SE boot disk is better for some purposes. In your case, however, even
>the W95 boot disk would do. Using the W98 boot disk (either version) simply ensures
>that if the W95 partition happens to be formatted FAT32, the Format program will
>correctly overwrite it.
>

>Please note that the Format procedure doesn't fully erase the data -- the data becomes
>inaccessible to ordinary folks, but the law enforcement types or other really determined
>people might still be able to retrieve your data. The cost of doing so normally
>isn't worth the effort, though.
>
>

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