Reformat/Boot From Disk

[Guest]

I have a laptop with windows 2000 professional. I need to boot from a disk
(Windows 98 disk) and reformat the computer, reinstalling it with windows 98.
Thanks.

 

[steves-place]

I have a laptop with windows 2000 professional. I need to boot from a disk
(Windows 98 disk) and reformat the computer, reinstalling it with windows 98.
Thanks.

and the question is??
or are you just letting us know

 

[Dave Patrick]

To wipe the drive, some ways include; boot a win98/ME startup disk, run
fdisk and delete all partition information found (as long as NTFS is
primary). Or boot the Windows 2000 CD-Rom or setup disks and when you get to
the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions found, then
abort the install. Or use a utility named delpart. Once removed you can boot
the Win98/ME CD-Rom or restore CD-Rom to start your install. Make sure you
have win9x device drivers available before hand.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt31/i386/reskit.exe

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|I have a laptop with windows 2000 professional. I need to boot from a disk
| (Windows 98 disk) and reformat the computer, reinstalling it with windows
98.
| Thanks.

 

[Guest]

....how do I boot from a disk or just reformat the thing? Preferrably boot
from disk. I want to uninstall windows 200 and install 98 in place of it.

 

[Guest]

bleh. ive never installed windows 98, or operation windows 2000, so if
someone could be kind enough to contact me on aim and give a step by step, i
would appriciate it. my aim is "HairyLikeAHobbit" . Thanks a lot guys.

(oh and if you cant, when i put in the windows 98 cd, how do i boot straight
to that cd and not go to windows; im guessing i push a key)