justmercedez Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 I want to unistall windows 2000 and go back to windows 98..My computer will not let me do that..I cannot even format the drive..It will not me use my restore disc..I just want to start from scratch..Any help would be apprciated..Thanks Guy & Girls.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcant Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 unfortunately in order to do that you will have to do a clean install of win2000, u cannot uninstall win98.so format it !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SqueakyByte Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 he just said he cant format ittry using partition magic, do a delete and secure erase of your HD, i had to do that to install win 2k3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcant Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 well i think everithing can be formated in dos mode (i think) but if not, so yes, use partition magic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Boot to a windows 98 startup disk and you should be able to format from there. If not blow the partitions out using fdisk from the same floppy, rebuild the partitions and then format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-mart Shopper Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 I made a WinME boot cd a while back from www.bootdisk.com I believe.. its worked wonders and always works, might wanna try making a diff bootdisk maybe something like this http://utils.skull-tech.com/bootdisks/bootme.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Computer Commando Posted June 19, 2003 Share Posted June 19, 2003 I want to unistall windows 2000 and go back to windows 98..My computer will not let me do that..I cannot even format the drive..It will not me use my restore disc..I just want to start from scratch..Any help would be apprciated..Thanks Guy & Girls..DON'T DO IT! Win2k is much faster amd more stable than Win98 on any computer faster than an old 486. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visentinel Posted June 19, 2003 Share Posted June 19, 2003 Assuming you are Currently Dual Booting ?Simply Delete the Windows 2000 Program Files Dir and the WIndows Directory.then edit boot.ini and remove the windows 2000 Entrysthen set the defualt to the windows 98 Entry and set the timeout to 0the system wil lboot 98 normally and windows 2000 is now uninstalled.You will still have 2000 boot files but it makes no Difference, that part you cant uninstall without reinstalling / Formatting the Partition ( you can but its abit Complicated )Just want to Format and go back to 98You Cant Format Coz the Drive is now NTFS, Dos format wont do it.Ok Follow These Instructions Carefully, Print them if u need to.Boot from the windows 2000 CD and follow thru normally and when you reach the Partitions Part, Delete the Partition.Now create another one.Go to the next part and choose FAT32 and let it finishWhen you get to the part its Copying Files Reset your COmputer and boot from your Dos Boot Floppy Disk.You can Now FOrmat and INstall WIndows 98 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humble3d Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 now i know why he's in the advanced class...his excellent post follows:Assuming you are Currently Dual Booting ?Simply Delete the Windows 2000 Program Files Dir and the WIndows Directory.then edit boot.ini and remove the windows 2000 Entrysthen set the defualt to the windows 98 Entry and set the timeout to 0the system wil lboot 98 normally and windows 2000 is now uninstalled.You will still have 2000 boot files but it makes no Difference, that part you cant uninstall without reinstalling / Formatting the Partition ( you can but its abit Complicated )Just want to Format and go back to 98You Cant Format Coz the Drive is now NTFS, Dos format wont do it.Ok Follow These Instructions Carefully, Print them if u need to.Boot from the windows 2000 CD and follow thru normally and when you reach the Partitions Part, Delete the Partition.Now create another one.Go to the next part and choose FAT32 and let it finishWhen you get to the part its Copying Files Reset your COmputer and boot from your Dos Boot Floppy Disk.You can Now FOrmat and INstall WIndows 98 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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