uninstalling W2K OS to reformat C:

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I need to uninstall W2K. I'd like to reformat C: too.
Where is the applet that makes the bootable disks? C: is
now FAT 2G partition. I tried booting to a Win95 crash
disk but it says "wrong version of DOS", Thanks in advance!
Filthy_Rich
 
To what end? To do a clean install, either boot the CD-Rom or boot the
Windows 2000 setup disks. The set of four install disks can be created from
your Win2k CD-rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the cd-rom and
execute makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the
prompts.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.

Else 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. Once removed you can
partition and format the drive as you wish. Boot the Win98 CD-Rom or restore
CD-Rom to start your install.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt31/i386/reskit.exe
 
The system got infected by a virus while running on our
network while I was letting it "burn in". It tries to
write to a floppy while running W2K. I thought I could
boot to floppy to run FORMAT, but you suggest using a W98
boot disk? This should have the correct ver. of DOS? FYI,
this is an old AT machine and the CMOS setup does not
support D: as a bootable device, only A: or C:. I was
going to resort to using the 4 install disks if I couldn't
boot to DOS on floppy. I'll give these a try on Monday.
Thanks much! -Rich
-----Original Message-----
To what end? To do a clean install, either boot the CD- Rom or boot the
Windows 2000 setup disks. The set of four install disks can be created from
your Win2k CD-rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the cd-rom and
execute makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the
prompts.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.

Else 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. Once removed you can
partition and format the drive as you wish. Boot the Win98 CD-Rom or restore
CD-Rom to start your install.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt- public/reskit/nt31/i386/reskit.exe

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

Filthy_Rich said:
I need to uninstall W2K. I'd like to reformat C: too.
Where is the applet that makes the bootable disks? C: is
now FAT 2G partition. I tried booting to a Win95 crash
disk but it says "wrong version of DOS", Thanks in advance!
Filthy_Rich
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