At 04:53 AM 11/3/2001 -0500, Otaku4urd@aol.com wrote:
>If it comes down to this procedure, I believe I can do all of the above
>except for "fdisk the DOS partition". I have no idea what that is or how it's
>done.

It's quite simple.  Create a Win98 Startup Disk.  Use that disk to boot up 
your system--you'll end up in the command prompt.  Since you'll be running 
fdisk, choose no CD support, as you'll have to reboot again after the 
procedure.

Once your system has finished booting, type FDISK and press enter.  You'll 
see a menu with instructions.  What you'll want to do here, if you're sure 
about repartitioning your HD, is to first delete your existing primary DOS 
partition, and probably any other partitions (but that's up to you).  Once 
that's done, create a new partition, and exit FDISK.

Reboot your computer, using the startup disk again (at this point, you 
won't be able to boot from your HD, anyway).

Format your C: drive.

Install your OS.


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