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"Richmond, Randy" <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 8 Dec 1998 12:45:10 -0500
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>Well you could reboot , press f8, boot to a dos prompt and type format
c:
>I never used NT but thats how I would do it in 95.

>Jay Johnston


>>I have a machine   NT 4.0 Server   get rid of it,

This will not work because NT will balk (generate an error) if you
attempt to delete any system files. Your ghost Win95 reference that I
recall from one of your earlier group-submissions is related to a file
called Boot.ini (arguably one of the most important files in any NT
install). This file references what is called the boot partition, and is
read-only. Disable Boot.ini's read-only attributes and edit it to not
reference Windows. Because you have hosed many of the system files for
NT, Boot.ini is trying desparately to reference any OS that even
remotely appears to be functional (that would be the fossilized remains
of what remains from a past Win95 OS).

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