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Kapuscin - 05 Jul 2003 21:49 GMT

Hello,

I have a computer running Win 95. I want to
wipe clean the primary hard drive and then do
a clean install of Win 98 from original disk.

When I attempt a format using the Win 98 disk,
I enter setup, it detects my old OS, and won't
let me install Win 98.

How do I wipe clean my primary hard drive so that
the setup program does not detect Win 95 on the
original drive?

Thanks,
K

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Bert Kinney - 05 Jul 2003 22:49 GMT

Hi

W98 Restore By Ron Badour MS MVP:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html

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Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

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Randy H - 17 Jul 2003 03:36 GMT

Boot to dos (98 or 95 floppy, or MSDOS safe mode) and use
Attrib /s command to strip all attributes from 2 folders
and their subfolders: C:\Windows and C:\program files.
Example: Attrib -r -h -s c:\windows\*.* /s. Then use the
dos deltree command to delete both the folders. After
that, Windows 98 will intstall with no problems.

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