Three possibilities:
A. Get a boot diskette, boot from it, and give the command format c: /s
- You can download a program to make a boot diskette from www.bootdisk.com.
- To boot from it: go into the BIOS and set it to boot from a: first.
B. Get the program from your Windows 98 CD, copy it to a diskette, and run it from the diskette. However, you'll need a boot disk to reinstall Windows 98, so this doesn't really make much sense.
C. Mount the disk as slave in another computer, and format it there. The 'however' from B still goes, of course.
Helpful hints for the reinstall of Windows 98:
- did you backup all the data you want to keep?
- do you have all the necessary drivers to set the machine up again?
- don't forget to visit Windowsupdate to get the necessary security patches again
- do you have setup's or install cd's for all your applications?
- do you know your settings, userid's and passwords to reconnect to your ISP?
Kees
l can't format my pc,l work with W98
my pc is Pentium 2
there is NOT existing the file 'format.exe' on the pc!
please what can l do???

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