Formatting your computer?

[jskam]

how to format your computer when you cannot log on to windows? But you are able to start the computer?

[Fuzzylogic]

if you've forgetten your password then i think can log onto your guest account and change it somehow. or to format your computer just put a boot disk into your computer and type 'format c:' and go from there. also you could just re-install windows.

[jskam]

ok windows installation is incomplete, and there is no operating system installed fully. windows is installed half way and i need to reinstall windows and before i can reinstall windows i want to format the computer!

So what is this boot disk and where can i get that? or how do i make a boot disk?

[Fuzzylogic]

ok then, google 'boot disk' (a floppy disk that contains files the your computer can boot from) and download and copy the files onto a floppy disk. reboot your computer making sure the boot disk is in the floppy drive. the computer will boot off the disk and end up in a dos prompt with 'a:>'.
at this stage type in the following commond 'a:>format c:' minus backets, then it will ask you are you sure press 'y' to comtinue. it will take some time but in the end you'll have a completely clean harddisk. then just install windows.

[Robert]

bootdisk.com

[jskam]

Hey thanks for the reply friends!
Anyways i also found one more way to prepare a boot disk, which is available in my computer properties,
You can insert the disk and click on create boot disk in win98/2000/me (it doesnt work with winxp)

Anyways i think i am deciding to buy a new cpu instead (as anyways it also needs a upgrade and its very old actually)