help with winMe

[Black Cat]

i have a friend who has winMe oh her system and want to format her hd and put on 98se<BR>but she can not get to ms-dos to format <BR><BR>can you tell me how to get to it on winMe<BR><BR>Thx<BR>Hans

[Colin]

Black Cat, go to Bootdisk.com and download the Win98SE <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.mirrors.org/archived_software/www.bootdisk.com/winfiles/boot98se.exe">bootdisk</a> and it'll have a format command on it. Use that to format and you can reinstall Win98SE. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[Black Cat]

thx man i will go try this right now

[Iceman]

Out of interest, why do you want to downgrade your computer from ME to 98SE?

[Black Cat]

Sorry i have not ben on in some time <BR>but woude u not down grade from a <BR>crappy os to a better one if u can not<BR>up grade

[Black Cat]

Dam now i need to help some one with xp pro. Thay need a boot disk to take them to dos <BR>and the link u gave me is bad now. <BR><BR>plz help<BR>Black Cat

[Oldman]

You can't load WinXP from DOS - can only load from CD. Need to enter BIOS/1st boot/CDROM drive & restart PC.<BR>DOS only works in Win98 & WinME.

[Black Cat]

No i need 2 get to dos 2 format and do a fresh install. <BR>Now i need some help, My outher cpu crashed<BR>and i need 2 boot from cdrom but the bios does <BR>not have that. What can I do?<BR><BR>Black Cat

[TranceJunkieXL]

Iceman,<BR> WinME is far inferior to Win98SE, so it is really an upgrade, not a downgrade.<BR><BR>Black Cat,<BR><a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://bootdisk.com/">Here</a> is hopefully a working link to bootdisk.com (you can also type this in the address bar - LOL).<BR>Another way to get one is, if you have an active copy of WinME, right click my computer and choose properties (sorry this is from memory, and I haven't used ME in about 6 months). I believe the last tab in that window will create a boot disk for you.<BR>As for DOS in WinXP, it really can't be done. You really do have to have a bootdisk from a 9x/ME OS to get there for FDisk utilities.

[JLAudioFan]

<br><br><< <i>Iceman,<BR> WinME is far inferior to Win98SE, so it is really an upgrade, not a downgrade.<BR></i> >><br><br><BR><BR>I'm glad someone said it, otherwise I would have <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"><BR><BR>WinME = Windows MeltdownEdition

[Lakario]

Pretty much JL.<BR><BR>Windows CE +<BR>Windows ME +<BR>Windows NT =<BR>Windows CEMENT

[TranceJunkieXL]

The thing that proved to me HP was really clueless about computers was when they told me I shouldn't dual boot my HP and that WinME was the best OS for this pile of soon-to-be crushed tin. If working "best" is not hardly working at all, then no one I know will willingly buy an HP ever again (unless they are truly brain-dead). If all they can say is that the POS "should" work with a full 512Mb PC100 SDRAM without changing/modding anything (BIOS or MB), and they don't give you the option of updating <b>anything</b> in the BIOS, but it causes the system to fail to boot or BSOD as soon as you try to open any program, something is seriously wrong. They tried to tell me my SDRAM was bad, when both 256 sticks worked just fine solo or in combination with the 128 that came with it, they run fine in an Abit MB of earlier release, and every software mem-tester I've run them with shows everything is functioning correctly.

[mikexe14]

ditch the win9X shell and go XP it's free on certain filesharing programs but be warned it's illegal to d/l it<BR>

[TranceJunkieXL]

Warning: WinXP does not support a large number of older games if you are a gamer. One of my biggest disappointments was shelling out $30 for Red Faction and not being able to use it.<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">

[BionicRedneck]

I think you should be able to just make a start up disk for windows me and just reboot. I think to make a start up disk in windowsME you go to into control panel and then remove/install software now you should see a tab to make the disk.

[zaltec]

Rithemking, I've not had problems with XP and Red Faction, the only older game I've had problems with is Doom, it lags a bit but Heretic and Wolfenstein3d don't<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> I run Red Faction in 98 compatibility mode.

[TranceJunkieXL]

Ahhhh I see Zaltec. Rookie swings and misses wide. LOL!<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

[Iceman]

<br><br><< <i>WinME is far inferior to Win98SE, so it is really an upgrade, not a downgrade. </i> >><br><br><BR><BR>i wont argue with you there<BR>