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Greetings Susan--
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From: "Susan S. Hays" <[log in to unmask]>
> I have a Gateway Pentium 3 1000. I installed a new hard drive a couple of
> weeks ago. I now have ended up installing a new motherboard. Could someone
> please give me directions for reformatting. Since I have a new motherboard,
> I just want a clean slate. I want to get rid of everything and start over.
> I tried using my start up disk but when I get to the a:\ prompt and type in
> format c:, it won't let me do that. I just want to get rid of the WindowsMe
> I had installed on my new hard drive and just start from scratch with my new
> motherboard.
If I remember correctly, when WinME or Win98 creates a startup disk and
you boot from it, it is set up to create a "RAM drive" or virtual disk. Several
of the DOS commands--including 'format' I believe--are located there. Before
formating, I would suggest using fdisk to delete any existing partitions, then create
a new partition(s). Watch the boot process from your startup disk for which
drive letter is created as the RAM drive. Change to that drive letter, and enter
the dir format.* command to see if format is located there. If so, start the format
from that location.
HTH,
Paul Shippert
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