i need to fdisk my comp right now (im on a different comp posting this)the problem is that i cant get my comop to start up with windows and i cant reboot it either but i can get to the bios and stuff if theres a way to fdisk my comp from there PLZPLZ PLZ tell me!!!
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Jump to PostBasically, you want to reformat your computer, right? What version of Windows is this?
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Dani
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Basically, you want to reformat your computer, right? What version of Windows is this?
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The Windows 98 SE cd is bootable, I dont know if that is the version you are using, but you can drop to a dos prompt if you "Start with cd-rom support" run fdisk, delete the old partition, write the partition table, exit reboot, and then start the windows 98 setup from the cd. This will create a new partition and format it.
You can do this with most versions of windows.
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As jibtronic said, to "start with cd-rom support" go into your BIOS setup and set the boot order to read from the CD before it reads from the hard disk.
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TY TY TY ok im on my comp agin WITHOUT ALL OF THE ERROR MSGS IN THE BEGINING and its runnin like never b4...btw i have 98 SE
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