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| Answer» <html><body><p>I can only get to the prompt screen. It stops @ A:\ I don`t know where to go from here.<br/>I`ve tried just about everything I know, which isn`t much really. I rebooted pc w/floppy disk for win 98 and thats as far as I can get. I wanted to wipe the pc clean and start over. I don`t need any of the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/old-585313" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OLD">OLD</a> programs I had on it and there were some other things I couldn`t get rid of. I first tried E-Z Recovery and it pretty much messed it up. I was <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/able-361137" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ABLE">ABLE</a> to get to an illegal thing and couldn`t go anymore so I decided to wipe the pc clean. Now I`m stuck. Any help is greatly appreciated. I want to give my niece the pc since her old one crapped out. It is basically going to be used for school and games and NO <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/internet-14325" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INTERNET">INTERNET</a>. Just want to see if I can get the pc back to a regular state with nothing on it. I can add programs later.Welcome to the CH forums.<br/><br/> 1. Boot from a Windows 98 boot floppy. If you do not have one, see <a href="http://www.bootdisk.com">http://www.bootdisk.com</a><br/> 2. Run fdisk. Using fdisk, remove all partitions from the drive, and create new ones as needed.<br/> 3. At the A:\> prompt type Format C: and hit Enter. The hdd will now be formatted.<br/> 4. On completion of Step 3. insert the Win 98 cd into the drive and at the A:\> prompt type R:\setup (where R: is the drive letter of your cdrom, you will have to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/determine-437910" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DETERMINE">DETERMINE</a> which it is) and hit Enter. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/follow-994211" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FOLLOW">FOLLOW</a> the on-screen prompts to install Win 98.<br/><br/>Step 2. can be omitted if you do not want to alter the partitions.<br/><br/>You will need your Win 98 Product Code, drivers as necessary and other software.<br/><br/>Good luck<br/><br/><br/></p></body></html> | |