Me and ms dos

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Emmaxxx

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Trying to format Me but cannot get to the ms dos to do this?

Rebooting and pressing the F8 option just gives me 3 options.
I downloaded a patch to overwrite certain system files to no avail.
I have the option ALT and F5 for command prompt (C:\>format(space)C: ) but still no luck ??

Where am I going wrong?

Emma
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roadworker

roadworker

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You can also format with an XP or win 2000 cd,but if you have none of these,a decent win 98 boot floppy is much better than a winME floppy......best way to do it in dos is by using command fdisk,delete partition,create a new 1 and finally format..that way,you can be shure that no system file will prevent a format... :)
 
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catachresis

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Are you absolutely sure that you have to install ME?

No offense meant, but really -- blecchh! Even Windows 98 SE is an improvement.

Be kind to yourself. Just say NO to ME.
 
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Emmaxxx

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Originally Posted by catachresis

No offense meant, but really -- blecchh! Even Windows 98 SE is an improvement.
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:D Not an Me fan I take it.

It's no great detriment, its an old PC which will be used just for downloading, p2p that sort of stuff and storage.

Got there eventually. Option 1 with CDROM support gave me the required prompt, which I found unusual as this option under 98 will give a bad command name.

So, up and running again......big thanx

M
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scarecrow

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ME may not be great, but surely much preferrable to 98SE if you've got a copy of 98Lite pro software...
DOS prompt can be unhidden in ME, but a boot floppy should suffice for formatting. Better an 98 one, as the ME fdisk does not have an MBR switch.
 
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spocter72

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me2dos

There is a small progy called me2dos that boots windows ME to dos prompt at startup.If you want it to go to windows ,just type "WIN" and enter.But will let you type any other dos command if ya dont want to go to windows...no floppy needed .If anyone wants it ,pm me
 
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