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jimmr13
April 6th, 2001, 10:00 PM
1 the problem i was having is now a bigger problem, B/S/O/D every time i start this machine. Use system restore!
2. Won't let me remove Win/me!
so I can re-install 98se or Win/2k pro.
How do I get this Damn program off this
computer? FDisk don't work, Format don't work,I tried deltree don't work, ?????
Any Ideas ?????
Darren Wilson
April 6th, 2001, 10:46 PM
FDISK or FORMAT should get rid of it Jim, if you used a BootDisk.
Damned Angel
April 6th, 2001, 10:48 PM
nothing a good sawzol(sp?) won't fix!
Kenteth420
April 6th, 2001, 11:30 PM
So your having problems with your modem eh?
Votan
April 7th, 2001, 12:31 AM
I second Darren. ME is very fanatic, it accepts its own bootdisk.
jimmr13
April 7th, 2001, 01:32 AM
Tried it with a boot disk Oh Master got BSOD!
Windows protection error bla bla bla........
I think I got it pull out the HHD and Put in a new one!
Darren Wilson
April 7th, 2001, 01:36 AM
How can u get a BSOD from a DOS prompt?????
Last thing I knew was that FDISK will only work properly in a DOS environment????
Kenteth420
April 7th, 2001, 01:44 AM
Like I said he needs a new modem, his is broke.
jimmr13
April 7th, 2001, 02:07 AM
Dos prompt This thing is so unstable When you Put the floppy in click A drive boom BSOD or system shuts down! I have to go to one of my other computers! And I'll try again I just thought if I swaped HHD's
I got like 6 new maxtors here at home pulled the Western Digital and tossed it, I would be quicker.
Forgot last time I got to a dos prompt and started Fdisk i got a error of file missing.
Kenteth420
April 7th, 2001, 02:15 AM
I would recomend going with a bigfoot drive, it should solve all of your problems.
jimmr13
April 7th, 2001, 04:38 PM
Okay swaped HHD's to a Maxtor 40gb 7200 rpm. Problem gone!
Thanks Darren! (again)
Kenteth- I would never defile One of my computers with a Bigfoot! Only had the POS Western Digital because it came with it!
Kenteth420
April 7th, 2001, 05:58 PM
I would hope you wouldnt use a bigfoot, I was joking, Do they make those piles anymore?
cernunnos
April 7th, 2001, 06:50 PM
as a windowsME user who has removed it before.
use a millenium bootdisk to boot to pure DOS and you know what to do after that, I am sure.
:)
JeanneD
April 9th, 2001, 06:56 PM
use a win98 start-up disk i use them anyway all the time even when I do a Millenium install because they do the dos stuff, never had any problem so far...
:rolleyes:
Sowulo
April 9th, 2001, 08:34 PM
Originally posted by JeanneD:
use a win98 start-up disk i use them anyway all the time even when I do a Millenium install because they do the dos stuff, never had any problem so far...
:rolleyes:
Agreed, and Fdisk should never be run from a DOS shell within Windows....
BurnFEST
April 9th, 2001, 08:44 PM
Why cant you install win2k?
To install win2k instead of another operating system on my systems i just put the win2k cd in, boot off it and then let setup format the drive for me.
I dunno iof you tried that or not, let us know.
BurnFEST (aka Sam Burney)
Lycia
April 11th, 2001, 06:14 PM
If you still can't get the os Off the WD drive use the Data Lifeguard tools and use the program to Write Zeros to the hard drive. That will bring the drive to it's straight from the factory smelling like a new car condition. basically you are doing a low level format....
tablesalt
April 19th, 2001, 07:53 PM
Originally posted by Kenteth420:
I would recomend going with a bigfoot drive, it should solve all of your problems.
A Bigfoot? Are you insane man? He's trying to solve a hdd problem, not create new ones!