Hi, just a quick message to ask a question: how do I format my hard drive under WinXP? I want to start over again with my copy of Windows 98 Once it's formatted do I just put the 98CD in the drive and boot from the CD?
Have you got a boot disk? If your version of 98 enables you to boot from CD then you should have no problems. Meblin
And if not: www.bootdisk.com for all your bootdisking needs. This is where i got my generic one from: http://www.mirrors.org/archived_software/www.bootdisk.com/original.htm
There's a strange problem. Whenever I type FORMAT C: at the command prompt , it just says "BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME", and nothing happens. I tried at the A:\> and C:\> prompts. I've tried all sorts of combos but NOTHING.
What disk are you trying to boot off? If you've created a basic bootable floppy, you will need to copy format onto it first.
I might post the contents of my bootdisk when I get home, it has some pretty useful old DOS utilities ... including FORMAT and FDISK ... to save you the trouble of trying to find them.