Re: Windows Reinstall Question

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From: Kate (ke04_at_yahpo.com)
Date: 10/03/04

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    Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 22:05:33 -0700

    I tried using delpart but when I open delpart.exe thru
    Windows it tells me "no hard disks were found." Am I
    supposed to do this some other way?

    When I ran the Win2k setup and got to the part on
    partitions, it did not allow me to delete the NTFS partion
    for whatever reason so that option is out. Also, I dont
    think I have any Win98 boot disks unless the original
    install CD counts. Please let me know what I can do. Thanks.

    >-----Original Message-----
    >To wipe the drive, some ways include; boot a win98 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.
    >
    >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
    >
    >"Kate" wrote:
    >| Thanks for the link but it doesn't tell me how to remove
    >| the current NTFS partition. If I put my new Windows 2K
    >| installation in the same partition as my old Windows 2k,
    >| will it automatically delete everything on there so I can
    >| start anew? Thanks.
    >|
    >| >-----Original Message-----
    >|
    >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304868
    >| >
    >| >"Kate" <ke04@yahop.com> wrote in message
    >| >news:2c2701c4a8df$c3a377a0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
    >| >> Could someone help a girl out? I need to reinstall
    Windows
    >| >> 2k cuz of some network problems. So I put in the Windows
    >| >> 2000 CD and told it to do a clean install. The comp then
    >| >> reboots and I work my way up to the screen asking which
    >| >> partition I should install windows 2k to. I have 71 MB of
    >| >> Unpartitioned space and a 4773 MB partition in NFTS
    space.
    >| >> The setup doen't let me delete the NTFS parition for some
    >| >> reason. Will I need to delete it to get my clean install?
    >| >> If so, could someone please walk me through doing
    this and
    >| >> how to proceed thru the rest of the installation?
    Thanks so
    >| >> much.
    >| >
    >| >
    >| >.
    >| >
    >
    >
    >.
    >

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