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Re: Gen Question re Reformatting a Harddrive with Win95 on It



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Easiest way to start over is to make sure Fdisk and Format are on the
startup disk for the OS you intend to use. Boot with the floppy and run
Fdisk to repartition the hard drive, you won't have to worry about Drvspace
this way and your low level formatting will be fresh. After exiting Fdisk,
reboot the machine, again using the floppy disk, and Format the drive in
the usual way using the /s parameter to transfer the system. Then install
the new OS. If you need help with Fdisk or Format commands email me
privately.

>>I recently inherited a 486/66 running Win95.  The harddrive, besides
>>having Win95 on it, is loaded with programs and files.  I want to
>>reformat the harddrive (to remove Win95 and all the other programs and
>>files) and install another OS on a "clean and empty" harddrive.