Reinstalling Windows ME

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Try booting from your install media or ask them here.

http://communities2.microsoft.com/ [...] g=en&cr=US

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"John M" wrote:
| Hello,
|
| I could not find a newsgroup for Windows ME so I hope someone can help me.
| I need to reinstall the operating system and need to know how to format my
| hard drive. Obviously, I am not a sophisticated user, but I have
reinstalled
| ME before but can't remember how I formatted the hard drive. Any help is
| much appreciated.
|
| John

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Nope, W98 is not the same thing in many respects. Try here instead:

news://microsoft.public.windowsme.general or web interphase at:
http://communities2.microsoft.com/ [...] g=en&cr=US

Although ME and W9x are very much alike there is too much difference
between the two for a novice user to rely on W98 information, the
biggest difference being that ME has done away with DOS. You will get
excellent answers and help on the windowsme.general group, there are a
couple of MVPs and other regulars that answer questions daily and they
know ME inside out. Just don't tell them that you intend to use Norton
products or they'll berate you! As for the question of formating the
drive just get a W98 boot disk from bootdisk.com and format the drive in
a DOS session.

John


Beamguy wrote:
> That winme group is pretty dead - and most people feel that winme is dead too. But...
> if you want to invest your time reinstalling it you might ask on the win98 groups.
> It is much more related to win98 than it is to win2k or winxp; and many winme users
> find their answers there.
>
>
> "John M" <JohnM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:20812210-BDA4-41DD-83F8-D285D654A050@microsoft.com...
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I could not find a newsgroup for Windows ME so I hope someone can help me.
>>I need to reinstall the operating system and need to know how to format my
>>hard drive. Obviously, I am not a sophisticated user, but I have reinstalled
>>ME before but can't remember how I formatted the hard drive. Any help is
>>much appreciated.
>>
>>John
>
>
>

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John John wrote:
> Nope, W98 is not the same thing in many respects. Try here instead:
>
> news://microsoft.public.windowsme.general or web interphase at:
>
http://communities2.microsoft.com/ [...] g=en&cr=US
>
> Although ME and W9x are very much alike there is too much difference
> between the two for a novice user to rely on W98 information, the
> biggest difference being that ME has done away with DOS.

Nope....it's still DOS. Only WinNT-based OSes like WinNT (duh), W2k, Winxp,
W2003 are not based on DOS. One of the main differences between ME and 9x
is that it does also system restore - but it's still Win9x, and it's
actually far less stable than Win98 SE in the eyes of many.


> You will get
> excellent answers and help on the windowsme.general group, there are a
> couple of MVPs and other regulars that answer questions daily and they
> know ME inside out. Just don't tell them that you intend to use
> Norton products or they'll berate you! As for the question of
> formating the drive just get a W98 boot disk from bootdisk.com and
> format the drive in a DOS session.
>
> John
>
>
> Beamguy wrote:
>> That winme group is pretty dead - and most people feel that winme is
>> dead too. But...
>> if you want to invest your time reinstalling it you might ask on the
>> win98 groups.
>> It is much more related to win98 than it is to win2k or winxp; and
>> many winme users
>> find their answers there.
>>
>>
>> "John M" <JohnM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:20812210-BDA4-41DD-83F8-D285D654A050@microsoft.com...
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I could not find a newsgroup for Windows ME so I hope someone can
>>> help me.
>>> I need to reinstall the operating system and need to know how to
>>> format my hard drive. Obviously, I am not a sophisticated user,
>>> but I have reinstalled ME before but can't remember how I formatted
>>> the hard drive. Any help is much appreciated.
>>>
>>> John

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John John wrote:
> Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
>> One of the main differences between ME and 9x
>> is that it does also system restore - but it's still Win9x, and it's
>> actually far less stable than Win98 SE in the eyes of many.
>
> Not so. One of the main difference between Windows 98 and Windows ME
> is in its 32 bit driver model. Windows ME does not load or use 16 bit
> drivers.

WinME is still based on DOS. Win95 was 32-bit, too.
http://members.fortunecity.com/pcmuseum/windows.htm might interest you.

> Windows ME does not use an autoexec file EXCEPT when shuting
> down. As for PC Health and System Restore none of that was available
> in W98 nor was it available in Windows 2000. Windows XP is now the
> proud owner of what was tested on WinME 32 bit.

Only in terms of the user interface (which I immediately restore to "windows
classic" on corporate workstations anyway). WinXP is based on Windows NT's
kernel - ME is not. ME is still based on DOS.

> > As for being less stable than Windows 98 that is an absolute
> falsehood.

Your mileage may vary, but I have run into far more problems supporting ME
machines than Win98 SE ones.
That said, I don't really want to touch either one - I think XP is the best
desktop OS MS has come out with yet.

> Without 16 bit drivers it loads way faster and once
> loaded it is absolutely way more stable than Windows 98. But PC
> Health and System Restore are an absolute bog on Windows.
> Nonetheless a well tweaked ME system is superior to a Windows 98
> system providing that you have adequate hardware and software to run
> it.
>
> John