Re: ? wipe and reload

From: ajpdla (ajpdla_at_pacifier.com)
Date: 12/22/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 21:20:58 -0800

Create Windows Startup Disk from Control Panel. Insert Disk in A: drive.
Turn on computer.
At A:\ drive, run FDISK. Follow menu on screen to delete partition. Delete
partition. Create partition.

Wiped!

Aaron

P.S. If you can't get A: drive to light up with disk in, when you reboot
the computer, press DEL to go into the CMOS and set the startup drive to A:.
I might be missing a couple of things here, like if FDISK is not included in
a standard Windows Setup Disk, use FORMAT instead. But I think it [FDISK]
is included. It's been a while.

"Cathy M. Johnson" <johnsoncathym@cs.comhatespam> wrote in message
news:20041221203752.07211.00002047@mb-m10.news.cs.com...
> Hi!
>
> My comp at work is about to crash. Spyware, adware, etc. (too much net
> surfin' probably!). Anyway, it is a Dell V350 with Windows 2000 Pro. I
> would
> love to wipe and reload, but the local computer place in this small town
> wants
> to charge $65 and I would be down for at least a couple of days. I have a
> Dell
> CD for re-installation of Windows 2000 (did not come with MY computer, but
> with
> some other computer in the office). As far as I can tell, my computer was
> not
> built to boot from the CD, as there are no "set-up" options on startup
> screens.
> I have wiped my computer at home, but of course it is newer and of course
> I
> have the HP CDs that came with it. It was very easy to do, but I have no
> idea
> where to start on my work computer.
>
> - - we do not have a tech person at work, other than myself (which is
> sad) - -
> -
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Cathy

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