reinstalling win me - Tech Support Forums

emorocks83 · November 12th, 2003, 11:25 AM

hi, i would like to reinstall win me, but i cant, i have on my c drive a folder named win9x and i opened the setup that comes inside, and start like installing win me, but then after all that it restarts and everything and everything looks the same i think i wouldl have to format c first and then run that file from a disk??? its that right?? or how can i do that? cuz i cant even start win in ms dos to do that.
do i just burn that folder to a disk? or how do i do it?? i am having ALOT of problems with my windows so thats why i think its better to reinstall everything.
would it be better also to upgrade to win xp?? if i do would i need to upgrade usb drivers o any other hardware??
hope somebody can help me

jmichna · November 12th, 2003, 11:41 AM

If you are having "ALOT of problems with my windows " I think you would be better off starting all over from scratch. Copy/burn any data files you want to save. If you have any possibility of virus infection, then I'd suggest zero-writing your hard drive, then re-partitioning and reformating, following by installation of WinMe from the original media CD.

www.bootdisk.com is a good place to get whatever boot disk(s) you might want.

The manufacturer of your HD almost certainly has a utility you can D/L that will zero-write your HD; you can also use the FORMAT command to do a zero-write:

Quote:

Orignally posted by sfw1960
"http://members.aol.com/axcel216/secrets.htm#FORMAT-U
# FORMAT drive: /U [MS-DOS 5.00 and above ONLY]

FORMAT drive: /U performs an UNCONDITIONAL format, which DESTROYS every byte of data on ANY hard disk/floppy by overwriting it with zeroes (hex F6h).
WARNING: ANY disk(ette) formatted using /U canNOT be UNFORMATTED!"

Regarding migration to WinXP... again, I'd start fresh with a clean hard drive. XP offers very good integrated support for USB devices. XP is more demanding of hardware... so if you've got an old, slow box you may be better off sticking with W9x OS.

John Prophet · November 12th, 2003, 12:11 PM

copy that win9x folder to a disk.

make a boot floppy from control panel "add/remove programs" "startup disk".

Put the disk with the win9x folder in your cd drive.

Boot off the floppy....I think it adds a temporary drive when it boots....so after it finishes booting I think your cd drive will be drive E: so....

When it boots it will be on a flashing A:\

so type

A:\ format c: /q that will format the c:\ quickly....it will ask you if you are sure etc and it will ask about a volum ename etc...you dont have to give it a name...so just follow the instructions of what it tells you

e: that will get you to a flashing e:\

E:\cd win9x that will put you inside the win9x folder

E:\setup that will start the setup

The only thing id be worried about is making sure that win9x folder has all the files it is supposed to. Id be more secure in this case if you had the WinMe disk.

JP

darkheart · November 12th, 2003, 12:21 PM

Reinstalling Windows ME I couldnt think of a worse act. Move on to XP. ME is a disaster. Good luck by the way JMICHNA has given
you some sound advise.

Darkheart, No one has asked for your personal opinion regarding Windows ME. Tech support was requested. Nothing was added to this thread with your inappropriate negative remarks.

surreal

John Prophet · November 12th, 2003, 12:26 PM

XP?? what kind of hardware do you have?? If its a celeron 600mhz with 64m ram..xp will be slow.

osprey4 · November 12th, 2003, 12:32 PM

I love the way people like to spend someone else's money around here. Maybe the guy doesn't have $100 for XP!!

emorocks83 · November 12th, 2003, 12:43 PM

celeron 600mhz with 64m ram..xp will be slow.

thanks alot ill try that
i hope it works

i have a 512 ram with 1.4mhz 40g hd pentium4

John Prophet · November 12th, 2003, 01:36 PM

I was going to post the same thing, till I realized he asked about the upgrade. But yeah, thats sort of a pet peeve of mine...people ask a detailed q about one thing...everyone post the answer to something totally different, lol.

osprey4 · November 12th, 2003, 01:43 PM

ME works fine for systems where it's the original OS. In that machine, XP would probably be an improvement, but you'd also need to consider how much hardware and software you'd need to upgrade. So an XP upgrade might actually cost you a lot more than $100.

pickel · November 12th, 2003, 11:27 PM

so if you've got an old, slow box you may be better off sticking with W9x OS.

I have XP on my OLD K-6-3 450 with a five yr old Mbd and it runs fine ????