On 31 Jan 00 at 10:02, Lee Greathouse wrote:

> From:          Lee Greathouse <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:       [PCSOFT] Format Doesn't Erase Windows

>     Windows 95 won't get out of the way.
>      I have a standard, Windows 95 PC, with a 200 MHz MMX Pentium, 128

 me too :-)                       Windows 95 PC, with a   40 MHz AMD 486, 8MB RAM
:-((

> MB RAM.  Several times I've done FDISK and formatted the single 3 GB
> hard drive, copying the system files to C:.  But when I boot up, I see
> "Starting Windows," the Windows splash screen, and other leftover
> garbage, even though I've done a full format and haven't installed any
> programs, including Windows 95.  It doesn't go to Windows, of course.
> Eventually I get a C: prompt.
>      How do I fully erase Windows so I can get a fresh start?  If the
> only way is a low-level format, I'll skip it.

!!   Forget LL formatting, you'd better cut your tongue ;-)

Whatever you do, your're 'still in' on Win DOS (or I think, DOS-7.oo)

So, get a boot floppy with 'strange things' like ...
fdisk.exe, sys.com, command.com, and 2 hidden sys files
Msdos.sys  and Io.sys, doskey.exe /who knows why you'll need this/,
BUT from the pure MSDOS 6.00 (or 6.22, the better one).
Only this way you'll be really free of Win logos and etc...
- Delete c:\Windows\... and c:\programs\... folders or whatever you like.
  (or: c:\>format (Y)es, for sure).
- It is frankly to recommend - after 'cleaning' ,
  boot from your standard Win95's DOS floppy, make SYS c:,
  fdisk ... fat 32 ,... c:\>format, ...as about lost clusters, let it logical D: be, ...
  check CD driver's line in your autoexec.bat (& eventually, Config.sys)
  push CD in, ... Setup,  and good luck ;-)

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