Re: removing xp and putting 98se on

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 03/08/04 

Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 09:28:30 -0800

anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:

> thank you for your help .i am trying to format the hard
> drive but on xp the dos area is in xp and will not let me
> format xp off my hard drive .could you please let me know
> the dos command i need to type and where.cheers
>>-----Original Message-----
>>In order to install an earlier version win os you will
> need to perform a
>>clean install ie format and destroy ALL data. I trust yr
> laptop has win98se
>>drivers available for its hardware?
>>
>>"ricy" <ricy74@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:8dcb01c404a1$7d0594a0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>>> Hi all
>>> i need to get back on my 98se .
>>> i have xp on my laptop and would like to change it
>>> to xp. can any 1 help
>>> cheers.
>>> ricy.

I've read this post 3 times and I'm still not 100% percent sure what
you're asking, but here's a suggestion:

1) Set the laptop to boot from the floppy and boot with a Win98 floppy.
At the A: prompt, type fdisk to get into the fdisk program. Then type
"fdisk /mbr" without the quotes. Now continue on to install Win98 in
the usual way. If your laptop is one that uses a Restore Disk, be sure
you have your original Restore Disk. Otherwise, be sure you have all
the drivers from your laptop mftr.'s website for Win98 on hand.

Malke 

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