Remove operating system

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion (More info?)

Boot from Win98 floppy disk
You cannot format the drive you booted from


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Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor [...] ?CID=40387
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use

Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters
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"Phil" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8A85FCB9-D2FE-43E1-9F9A-5B2F4557DA4E@microsoft.com...
> Can anyone tell me how to delet an operating system. How do I format the
C:
> drive. It keeps telling me the volume in drive c: is in use. I have all
the
> programes closed but it will not let me remove win2000. I need to load
win98
> the computer is to small to hold win2000 and it runs to slow. Help Please

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion (More info?)

If the C drive is formatted fat32 then type Format C: /s {enter}at the a:>
rpompt

If the drive is formatted NTFS then you have to FDISK the drive, delete all
partitions and recreated fat32 partitions for Win 98, then format the drive
as above

--
Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor [...] ?CID=40387
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use

Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters
_
"Phil" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6BB39259-2553-4E41-AE36-4B55CB58BC10@microsoft.com...
> I put the disk in but it goes to the dos prompt and stays on a:. What do I
do
> at the a: prompt
>
> "AlmostBob" wrote:
>
> > Boot from Win98 floppy disk
> > You cannot format the drive you booted from
> >
> >
> > --
> > Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
> > spybot http://security.kolla.de
> > AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
> > Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
> > http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
> > Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
> > Catalog of removal tools (1)
> > http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
> > Catalog of removal tools (2)
> > http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor [...] ?CID=40387
> > Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
> > http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
> > links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
use
> >
> > Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters
> > _
> > "Phil" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:8A85FCB9-D2FE-43E1-9F9A-5B2F4557DA4E@microsoft.com...
> > > Can anyone tell me how to delet an operating system. How do I format
the
> > C:
> > > drive. It keeps telling me the volume in drive c: is in use. I have
all
> > the
> > > programes closed but it will not let me remove win2000. I need to load
> > win98
> > > the computer is to small to hold win2000 and it runs to slow. Help
Please
> >
> >
> >