Re: How To Uninstall Win2K and other questions

Where do you find the utility named delpart? and do you know anthing about
"supend to disk" file. Thanks D. Rowan

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> To wipe the drive, some ways include; boot a win98/ME startup disk, run
> fdisk and delete all partition information found (as long as NTFS is
> primary). Or boot the Windows 2000 CD-Rom or setup disks and when you get to
> the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions found, then
> abort the install. Or use a utility named delpart. Once removed you can boot
> the Win98/ME CD-Rom or restore CD-Rom to start your install. Make sure you
> have win9x device drivers available before hand.
>
> ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt31/i386/reskit.exe
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "xwdpuzzler" wrote:
> | 1).I have a really old laptop that I want to install win 98 instead of
> win2k
> | because I have some older software that is not compatable with win2k.
> Long
> | story short, got impatient and installed the wrong operating system. I
> | cannot install from command prompt, it would let me and it has been a very
> | long time, I don't remember how to go to the DOS prompt. Can someone
> please
> | help me.
> |
> | 2) I kept getting a "suspend-to-disk" error prompt but the computer boots
> | up, want is this file and what is it used for.
> |
> | 3) I was thinking of formating the hard drive again, but I went through
> the
> | command prompt, it prompt that all data would be lost (OK) but then it
> | indicated that handlers in use with the current HD would be lost. Does
> this
> | mean the drive is not usable anymore. I back out as soon as saw that, I
> have
> | never manually formatted a HD only in the distant past, just floppies.
> |
> | Thanks for any input to my queries.
> |
> | D. Rowan
> | Please don't send me to any other websites unless it helps.
>
>
>
.

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