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Tim;
you can boot from the win98 cd and reformat and install win98
If your motherboard supports booting from the cd.
or boot from a win98 floppy, repartition and format and install.
I usually copy the win98 folder from the win98 cd to the c:\ drive
then install from there.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Wright" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:08 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Gaining access to my old computer
> boy i'm glad i found this site, as i am pulling out my hair. I pulled out
> my old computer from the attic to give my son to do school work on. it
> has windows 2000 as the o/s but when i turned it on, the log in message
> appears and after all this time, i don't remember my log in or password.
> I want to reformat the hard drive to windows 98, as that is the only discs
> i can still find. can I access the system to change o/s without logging
> onto the computer? or do you have any idea how i can recover or check the
> system for that information?
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