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How to use DriveWasher to erase C Drive and reinstall Win98S

by u1050732 Mar 12, 2006 2:49AM PST

Can someone help me. I used DriveWasher
and cannot get my PC to bootup. I set the Bios to
boot up from the D: drive. When I try to reinstall
Windows 98 on my PC it will not boot up. I thought
Windows 98 could be bootable on its own even if
it has no other operating system on it. Can
someone help me out. I would appreciate a step by
step procedure to follow if I only want to erase,
format,repartition. I selected the C: Drive as the
bootable drive. DriveWasher is not recognizing the
C: Drive as the bootable drive even if I set the
bios to boot from the D: Drive. I just want to
get my computer to boot to the C: Drive. Can
someone help me out on how to properly use DriveWasher
so I do not have this problem again. Thank You!

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Why Use DriveWasher? And...

by Grif Thomas Former Forum moderator Mar 12, 2006 3:26AM PST

What is C and D? Partitions or separate hard drives? If separate HD's, unplug the D drive, change the BIOS to boot from C and reinstall Windows 98..

Either way, if you've set the computer to boot from D, why would it try to boot from C? Instead, you want the C drive to boot first..And when that's done, simply repartition, reformat and reinstall Windows 98 using the instructions in the links below. You'll need a Windows 98 boot floppy with Fdisk and Format tools on it.:

How to Install Windows 98 on a Computer with No Operating System (Q221829)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q221829

How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk (Q255867)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q255867

Hope this helps.

Grif