Guest Don Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 I have been given a Dell desktop running ME which I want to clean up and donate to a charity or needy person. It is apparent that the hard drive should be reformatted and Windows ME reinstalled. I have the original Microsoft CDs for Windows ME and all the other programs that were factory installed. What I need is detailed step-by-step instructions on how to reformat the hard drive and reinstall ME. Can you please help me? -- Don
Guest Joan Archer Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 Re: Reformat Hard Drive Have a look here to see if this helps you. Joan look here for instructions for a clean install http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/clean.htm -- Joan Archer http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher http://lachsoft.com/photogallery "Don" <Don@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C22E72A2-A14C-4782-AA49-3B9A4AD02431@microsoft.com... > I have been given a Dell desktop running ME which I want to clean up and > donate to a charity or needy person. It is apparent that the hard drive > should be reformatted and Windows ME reinstalled. I have the original > Microsoft CDs for Windows ME and all the other programs that were factory > installed. What I need is detailed step-by-step instructions on how to > reformat the hard drive and reinstall ME. Can you please help me? > -- > Don
Guest Mart Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 Re: Reformat Hard Drive Besides Joan's reference, another couple of very useful documents are on your WinMe CD (and probably on your C: drive too) called setup.txt file and cleanhd.txt which are well worth reading. You should also and print out and have handy a copy of the cleanhd.txt file - a copy of which you can also see here :- "Windows Millennium Edition Cleanhd.txt File Contents" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271673/en-us Also, be sure that you've still got a copy of the 25 digit product key, before you start and any 'machine specific' drivers (often on a separate CD) which *may* have come with your PC. (Don't worry too much if you haven't any drivers as there's usually some work-around available) Mart "Joan Archer" <archer_joan@nospam.com> wrote in message news:eBcwoWbkIHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Have a look here to see if this helps you. > Joan > look here for instructions for a clean install > http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/clean.htm > > -- > Joan Archer > http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher > http://lachsoft.com/photogallery > > "Don" <Don@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:C22E72A2-A14C-4782-AA49-3B9A4AD02431@microsoft.com... >> I have been given a Dell desktop running ME which I want to clean up and >> donate to a charity or needy person. It is apparent that the hard drive >> should be reformatted and Windows ME reinstalled. I have the original >> Microsoft CDs for Windows ME and all the other programs that were factory >> installed. What I need is detailed step-by-step instructions on how to >> reformat the hard drive and reinstall ME. Can you please help me? >> -- >> Don >
Guest squirlchatr@yahoo.com Posted April 3, 2008 Posted April 3, 2008 Re: Reformat Hard Drive Don wrote: > I have been given a Dell desktop running ME which I want to clean up and > donate to a charity or needy person. It is apparent that the hard drive > should be reformatted and Windows ME reinstalled. I have the original > Microsoft CDs for Windows ME and all the other programs that were factory > installed. What I need is detailed step-by-step instructions on how to > reformat the hard drive and reinstall ME. Can you please help me? > -- > Don I would first overwrite the entire HD, "zero it out" Then maybe make the C: drive of about 2 gigs, or 3 gigs. Then make a D: drive, for installing programs, downloads, etc. The D: drive would be there for if and or when the system fails, the DATA will be saved, while one can reinstall winme on the C: drive, and have the data on the D: drive to remain.
Guest Greegor Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 Re: Reformat Hard Drive Mart wrote >Also, be sure that you've still got a copy of the 25 digit product key, Make sure to track the "Product Key" and not the resulting "registration number". And read it again to make sure you got every last letter/digit exactly right. I usually mark it very legibly on part of the chassis with a "Sharpie" permanent marker pen. > before you start and any 'machine specific' drivers (often on a separate CD) > which *may* have come with your PC. (Don't worry too much if you haven't any > drivers as there's usually some work-around available) You might want to make a "recovery floppy" too because some CD sets and some hardware could not directly boot the CD set without a kick start from floppy. Boot from floppy FDISK remove partitions, set up new partition(s) and FORMAT C: Then boot the CDROM set and it should be able to walk you through it from there, asking you for the product key, etc. How did it go?
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