If you have a Win98 Disk you can boot off that and either format the drive
or load 98 that way.  If you have a 98CD, then you'll need to change the
bios to boot off the CD (If it supports it) and can load 98 that way also.

Dave Jones
www.airmemories.com
www.fwbac.com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Simon West
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 1:26 PM
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> Subject: [PCBUILD] formatting a hard disk?
>
>
> Dear Sir or madam
>
> Can anyone help me with my problem? i recently bought an 'oldish' computer
> from an auction just for my kids to use, so they don't keep breaking mine!
> Unfortunately when i turned it on all i got was the computer
> specifications
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