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re: Re-install Windows 98 on computer ["upgrade" disk]
Friday, August 14, 2009 at 9:18 pm
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Posted by gewg_ (3943 messages posted)


Carlos wrote:
|When I try to boot from the CD,
|
Pet peeve:
{semantics}You don't boot *from* a CD; you boot **TO** a CD.{/semantics}

|it doesn't go through the formatting at all.
|
Put in your Windows Startup Disk (floppy) and boot to it.
At the DOS prompt, type
FORMAT C:    {Enter}
This will wipe the disk clean.

After that, use the previous advice.


Again, Linux doesn't bother you with this licencing nonsense.




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re: Re-install Windows 98 on computer ["upgrade" disk] (Carlos: Friday, August 14, 2009 at 9:01 pm)

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-Re-install Windows 98 on computer not connected to internet? (Carlos: Fri, Aug 14, 2009, 7:10 pm)
-re: Re-install Windows 98 on computer ["upgrade" disk] (gewg_: Fri, Aug 14, 2009, 8:37 pm)
-re: Re-install Windows 98 on computer ["upgrade" disk] (Carlos: Fri, Aug 14, 2009, 9:01 pm)
*re: Re-install Windows 98 on computer ["upgrade" disk] (gewg_: Fri, Aug 14, 2009, 9:18 pm)
-re: Re-install Windows 98 on computer not connected to internet? (Steve: Sat, Aug 15, 2009, 2:55 pm)
-re: Re-install Windows 98 ["upgrade" disk] (gewg_: Sat, Aug 15, 2009, 5:15 pm)
-re: Re-install Windows 98 ["upgrade" disk] (Steve: Sat, Aug 15, 2009, 7:59 pm)
-re: Re-install Windows 98 ["upgrade" disk] (gewg_: Sat, Aug 15, 2009, 8:05 pm)
-re: Re-install Windows 98 ["upgrade" disk] (Steve: Sun, Aug 16, 2009, 6:44 am)
-re: Re-install Windows 98 ["upgrade" disk] (gewg_: Sun, Aug 16, 2009, 10:41 am)
-re: Re-install Windows 98 ["upgrade" disk] (Steve: Sun, Aug 16, 2009, 9:16 pm)
*re: Re-install Windows 98 ["upgrade" disk] (gewg_: Mon, Aug 17, 2009, 9:34 am)
-re: Re-install Windows 98 on computer not connected to internet? (Arminius: Sat, Aug 15, 2009, 10:41 pm)
-re: Re-install Windows 98 on computer not connected to internet? (Carlos: Sun, Aug 16, 2009, 12:02 am)
*re: Re-install Windows 98 on computer not connected to internet? (Arminius: Sun, Aug 16, 2009, 1:17 am)
*re: Re-install Windows 98 on computer not connected to internet? (Ed: Thu, Aug 20, 2009, 10:08 am)
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