From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   NealJ wrote:   
      
   > I know this is not an ME Newsgroup but cant get help elsewhere- Can you   
   > help?   
   >   
   > I want pass on an old Dell computer that has WinME installed., but would   
   > like to reformat the hard disk and then reinstall WinME.   
   >   
   > I have tried to format C: but at point of accepting destruction of existing   
   > data on drive, it stops me progressing because of statement process still   
   > running.   
      
   Windows is generally smart enough to not erase itself while it's running.   
      
   > How do I reformat and then reinstall from my original CD WinME installation   
   > disk?   
      
   The WinMe CD should be bootable; boot from that. If you can get a DOS prompt   
   (or can otherwise erase the drive) you're good to go, otherwise try making a   
   boot disk from within Me itself. (Can't remember the steps so you're on your   
   own there.)   
      
   If neither option works, grab a boot disk from here:   
     http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm   
      
   I haven't tried the Me boot disks, but the 98 disks should work for you just   
   as well.   
      
   (Don't get the 2000/NT/XP disks. The DOS disks probably won't help you   
   either.)   
      
   Note that "boot disk" means "bootable floppy disk". If you don't have any   
   floppies (and/or no floppy drive) you'll need a bootable CD -- any system   
   that understands FAT32 (which includes all versions of Windows from 95b/2k   
   on, any version of Linux from the last 10 years or so, and pretty much every   
   non-ancient OS on Earth).   
      
   If you get to here and your disk is still not formatted, find someone more   
   technically-oriented to do it for you.   
      
   --   
   Where can I find funny questions to ask somebody?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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