gOOters December 4, 2005 Share gOOters Member December 4, 2005 When I try to delete the existing C drive in order to start fresh, it says something like "cant delete C because it has the setup files needed" what am I doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage December 4, 2005 Share Guest zerodamage Guests December 4, 2005 You need to delete it using fdisk or boot into the XP setup disk and delete the partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie December 4, 2005 Share mookie GC Alumni December 4, 2005 (edited) Easiest thing is to dig up a Windows 98 boot disk and boot it up. Type "fdisk" at the prompt, and follow the 'menus' to delete all the partitions. You can then repartition with fdisk if you want, or just use the Windows installation CD. PS: Let me know if you want a Windows 98 boot disk image, I'll make one that you can burn onto a CD with Alcohol or Nero/Roxio. You can probably find one on the internet somewhere too, but usually these are for floppies. Edited December 4, 2005 by mookie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters December 4, 2005 Share stutters GC Alumni December 4, 2005 might want to try some of these links, too. http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,105866,00.asp http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1435&page=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX December 4, 2005 Share NOFX Member December 4, 2005 put in your windows XP disc and boot off of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gOOters December 4, 2005 Author Share gOOters Member December 4, 2005 thanks guys. I'll look at those links John. mookie, Im trying to boot off my XP disk, not 98, but THANKS for the offer. I will research the fdisk thing and look at some of these links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gOOters December 4, 2005 Author Share gOOters Member December 4, 2005 ya, so I was booting off the HD before the CD-ROM. The world needs people like me, to do the simple things in life. Im going to go slap myself with a largish trout now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Shertown Pimp December 5, 2005 Share Sir Shertown Pimp Member December 5, 2005 tOOg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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