Reformat drive from WinNT to install Win98

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vz52 - 26 Jan 2004 12:06 GMT

Have PC with WinNT Server 4.0 OS and want to install
Win98. I have no experiance with WinNT . Tried FDISK thru
CMD-P no luck. Help!

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Dave Patrick - 26 Jan 2004 14:09 GMT

To wipe the drive, some ways include; boot a win98 startup disk, run fdisk
and delete all partition information found (as long as NTFS is primary). Or
boot the Windows NT CD-Rom or setup disks and when you get to the point,
delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions found, then abort the
install. Or use a utility named delpart. Once removed you can boot the Win98
CD-Rom or restore CD-Rom to start your install.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt31/i386/reskit.exe

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| Have PC with WinNT Server 4.0 OS and want to install
| Win98. I have no experiance with WinNT . Tried FDISK thru
| CMD-P no luck. Help!

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Helmut P. Einfalt - 26 Jan 2004 16:47 GMT

> Have PC with WinNT Server 4.0 OS and want to install
> Win98. I have no experiance with WinNT . Tried FDISK thru
> CMD-P no luck. Help!

You will need to boot with the Win98 floppy, then fdisk. Delet any
non-DOS (=NTFS) partition, then create new partitions and go on
installing Win98.

Helmut
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