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January 13th, 2004 09:00
Trying to wipe system clean and reinstall windows 98...
I am trying to wipe my system clean and reinstall windows. It seems to be stuck in dos mode. When I COULD get to windows it was only 16 colors...so I have burned a disk to fix that but first I must reinstall the windows 98 disk. I need a command to put in that will let me do that. I did this once before with a dell representative over the phone and all he had me do was put in a command. Does anyone know the command I can use to completely wipe clean and start new or whatever I have to do? Here is my system info. OptiPlex GX100
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January 13th, 2004 12:00
http://support.us.dell.com/us/en/kb/document.asp?DN=1026820
You'll want to format the drive first, which can be done using a Windows 98 (or WinME) boot floppy. http://support.dell.com/us/en/kb/document.asp?dn=1011783 You would then type "format C:" at the A:\ prompt, and press Enter. Remember that all data currently on the drive will be effectively obliterated at this point.