Reformat

[MikiR6]

Hi,

I like to reformat my harddrive. I have done it before but it has been a couple of years since last time. I push sys rq after starting up computer but it doesn't take me to the set up screen. I have tried to restore it, but it doesn't let me do it. Just tells me to first turn off the computer and then restore. I'll do that and the same message comes up. I like to completly clean out the hard drive.
Any help appriciated.
Thanks in advance.

[MikiR6]

Forgot to say that I have a Dell Dimension L800r, Windows ME
Thanks

[nyaxea]

Hi
Find or make a winme startup diskette..or a win98
Insert diskette iinto floppy drive,then restart,,,choose ........from cd rom
then when all is done and comes to a stage where you see
A\> type format c: and take it from there ..it will all come back to you when you see it running

[Spider]

There are three steps to do it properly.

How to Delete a Partition (fdisk)
How to Create a Partition (fdisk)
How to Format a Partition

How to Delete a Partition (fdisk) (http://www.cybertechhelp.com/html/tutorials/tutorial.php/id/36) is the first step and at the bottom of the page is the next step.

Here is a Windows ME bootdisk creator file from http:www.bootdisk.com (Windows Me OEM) (http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm)
Put a blank floppy disk in the floppy drive and click on bootme.exe