If, for whatever reason, you've decided that you want to wipe your
whole hard disk and install Windows 98 or Windows 98 SE from scratch,
here's how to do it.
Please note that these instructions assume that your hard disk is
not separated into different partitions (different drive letters for
different parts of the hard disk). It also assumes that you only have
one hard disk. It assumes that you understand that wiping your whole
hard disk means that you will lose ALL data on the hard disk.
DJNafey
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Did you get a recovery CD with the laptop or PC? If so, you ought
to be able to put the CD in, then boot up with that in order to run
the recovery process or format the hard disk and get Windows 98 installed.
Failing that, get a Windows 98 or Windows 98 SE boot disk from BootDisk.com
- http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
When the laptop or PC successfully boots off of a floppy disk, run
fdisk and choose the option to delete a partition, followed by the
primary DOS partition.
Exit Fdisk and then reboot off of the floppy again. Run fdisk again and,
this time, create a new partition (a primary DOS partition) and tell it to
use all of the available space.
Exit fdisk and then reboot off of the floppy again. At the DOS prompt,
type format c: /s
This will format the whole hard disk as a new C: drive, wiping anything
that used to be on there.
Then, when that's
finished, reboot off of the floppy again. Put in the Windows 98 install
CDROM. At the DOS prompt, type cd e: and press
Return. The DOS prompt should change from A:> to E:>
Type setup and press Return. This should start running the Windows
98 or 98 SE installation from the CDROM.