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I know many people before has asked how to do this properly. I have taken the time to make a type of walkthrough of this! I hope this helps and is usefull. If you have any questions to parts of this walkthrough then please post!
Reformatting Your Hard Drive and Installing Windows 9x/ME
The sequence is as follows:
a. Save anything you wish to keep;
b. For Windows 9x/ME: Using a “Boot Disk” to access the dos prompt, reformat your drive(s);
c. Install your operating system (Windows);
d. Install all your other programs.
1. Make absolutely sure you’ve saved any files you need to keep. The more common ones are:
a. Bookmarks or Favourites;
b. Address Book and any emails you want to keep; and
c. Music, pictures etc.
2. To start you will need a “Boot Disk” with CDRom drivers.
a. For the system to recognize your boot disk you first need to go into the “Bios Setup” to tell your computer to boot from your floppy disk drive “A”. To do this, reboot your system and while it begins to boot, hit your delete key until it takes you to the Bios Setup Window. Change the boot sequence to begin with your “A” drive. Save the changes and reboot with the boot disk now in the “A” drive.
b. After the boot disk does its thing you’re ready to reformat your drive. Type “format C:” if C is your hard drive. A warning will come up telling you that you will lose all information on the drive. Say ok to continue. It will take approx. 12 – 15 minutes to format a 40Gig hard drive. Once completed, you will be asked for a volume name. This will simply be the name of your hard drive when you see it in Windows. Call it anything you’d like.
3. Your now ready to install your operating system.
i. At the dos prompt type “CD D” to go to your CDRom drive.
ii. Put in your Windows CDRom and type “setup.exe” Windows will now begin to install. It will take approx. 40 minutes to complete.
4. Once Windows is installed, you can begin to install all your programs and drivers.
Reformatting Your Hard Drive and Installing Windows XP
The sequence is as follows:
a. Save anything you wish to keep;
b. For Windows XP: Boot directly from your Windows CD, and format the drives during setup
c. Install your operating system (Windows);
d. Install all your other programs.
See Step 1 above.
2. To start you will need your bootable Windows XP CD. For the system to recognize your Windows XP CD while booting, you first need to go into the “Bios Setup” to tell your computer to boot from your CD-ROM drive “X” (replace that with your CD-ROM drive letter). To do this, reboot your system, and while it begins to boot, hit your delete key until it takes you to the Bios Setup Window. Change the boot sequence to begin with your “X” drive. Save the changes and reboot with the Windows XP CD now in the “X” drive.
3. Windows Setup will automatically initialize, and you will be given an option to format your hard drive during the setup process. Microsoft recommends formatting drives using the NTFS file system. You may choose to use either NTFS or FAT32. Choose to format C: if that is your primary drive on which Windows was previously installed.
4. Your now ready to install your operating system. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup process.
5. Once Windows is installed, you can begin to install all your programs and drivers.
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Reformatting Your Hard Drive and Installing Windows 9x/ME
The sequence is as follows:
a. Save anything you wish to keep;
b. For Windows 9x/ME: Using a “Boot Disk” to access the dos prompt, reformat your drive(s);
c. Install your operating system (Windows);
d. Install all your other programs.
1. Make absolutely sure you’ve saved any files you need to keep. The more common ones are:
a. Bookmarks or Favourites;
b. Address Book and any emails you want to keep; and
c. Music, pictures etc.
2. To start you will need a “Boot Disk” with CDRom drivers.
a. For the system to recognize your boot disk you first need to go into the “Bios Setup” to tell your computer to boot from your floppy disk drive “A”. To do this, reboot your system and while it begins to boot, hit your delete key until it takes you to the Bios Setup Window. Change the boot sequence to begin with your “A” drive. Save the changes and reboot with the boot disk now in the “A” drive.
b. After the boot disk does its thing you’re ready to reformat your drive. Type “format C:” if C is your hard drive. A warning will come up telling you that you will lose all information on the drive. Say ok to continue. It will take approx. 12 – 15 minutes to format a 40Gig hard drive. Once completed, you will be asked for a volume name. This will simply be the name of your hard drive when you see it in Windows. Call it anything you’d like.
3. Your now ready to install your operating system.
i. At the dos prompt type “CD D” to go to your CDRom drive.
ii. Put in your Windows CDRom and type “setup.exe” Windows will now begin to install. It will take approx. 40 minutes to complete.
4. Once Windows is installed, you can begin to install all your programs and drivers.
Reformatting Your Hard Drive and Installing Windows XP
The sequence is as follows:
a. Save anything you wish to keep;
b. For Windows XP: Boot directly from your Windows CD, and format the drives during setup
c. Install your operating system (Windows);
d. Install all your other programs.
See Step 1 above.
2. To start you will need your bootable Windows XP CD. For the system to recognize your Windows XP CD while booting, you first need to go into the “Bios Setup” to tell your computer to boot from your CD-ROM drive “X” (replace that with your CD-ROM drive letter). To do this, reboot your system, and while it begins to boot, hit your delete key until it takes you to the Bios Setup Window. Change the boot sequence to begin with your “X” drive. Save the changes and reboot with the Windows XP CD now in the “X” drive.
3. Windows Setup will automatically initialize, and you will be given an option to format your hard drive during the setup process. Microsoft recommends formatting drives using the NTFS file system. You may choose to use either NTFS or FAT32. Choose to format C: if that is your primary drive on which Windows was previously installed.
4. Your now ready to install your operating system. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup process.
5. Once Windows is installed, you can begin to install all your programs and drivers.
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