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Post by **gannon** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:39 pm

http://www.linuxiso.org

sam · Post by **sam** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:47 pm

How would i delete everything on the hard drive?

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:50 pm

go to dos profmt if you run 95/98/me
c:/>format c:/
Formatting this drive will result in total loss of data
contiue<y/n?
c:/>y
Formating 1%

sam · Post by **sam** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:56 pm

How i get into dos profm?? im on win98 133 mghz

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:57 pm

close, but there are a few things that may screw it up. Try this.

It'll start as C:\Windows> and have a flashing cursor. If it is in a different directory, that's fine. Type cd and press enter. Type format C: and press enter. After that it's like how Jack said it.

Edit: 133MHz? That may not be fast enough for a GUI, (windows look instead of a command prompt) even though it does depend quite a bit on RAM. With only 133MHz, I doubt it has enough

Post by **gannon** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:58 pm

I think he meant DOS prompt. Just click on MSDOS under the program menu

sam · Post by **sam** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:00 pm

DRive C: is currently in use by another process.
Aborting format.

WTF?!?

Post by **gannon** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:02 pm

you must reboot the machine in dos mode. Windows will not let you format the drive when it's running.

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:02 pm

you may need to be in true DOS mode. press start -> shut down -> restart in MS-DOS mode

Did you see what I edited in the last post?

sam · Post by **sam** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:04 pm

it just shuts off when i try and restart in that mode

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:11 pm

press F5 when th bios is booting

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:12 pm

ok, try this: reboot, and just before you get the Windows splash screen (the blue windows logo) press ?, and that includes the shift. That should take you to the command prompt. Like I said, don't expect terrific results with a computer like that. Otherwise, there is a pretty good chance it will format when you install it. Also, I'd have the Windows disc, just in case you want to go back.

sam · Post by **sam** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:15 pm

Sigh, ill just install it on my comp, this is to much work, someone want to hand me a link to the dual boot prog?

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:17 pm

it automatically does it for you.

sam · Post by **sam** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:18 pm

And it wont muck my windows?