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How can you take everything off of an old computer and reinstall Windows 98?
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∙ 7y ago
You can take off applications that you want to keep but you must have a good means of storing that application like with a zip drive or flash USB storage device. Can I ask a question, what do you mean when you say "take everything off" in computer terms that means a "format" which means you will be formatting your hard drive which will remove EVERYTHING, I mean start you from the beginning. This means you will not have an operating system and will need to reinstall Windows to get back going, but be mindful, EVERYTHING you had on that computer will be erased.
LOTS Better Find yourself a "zero-fill" utility. There are plenty of free ones online; most of the major hard drive makers supply one with every drive they sell. The "zero-fill" utility should be on a bootable disk, be it a CD-ROM or a floppy, depending on your system. Run the "zero-fill" utility on your PC. Be patient! It takes time to write billions of zeroes! When the "zero-fill" utility is finished, your hard drive will be in the condition it enjoyed the day it left the factory.
To install Windows 98, you should have both an installation CD and a bootable floppy. If your system will boot from a CD (most will these days), you won't need the floppy. Insert the CD or floppy disk, turn the thing on, and you're off to the races.
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∙ 18y agoat a c promts C:\ type in format C: the line will look like this C:\format C: It will ask you if you want to format your drive. Yes is go, No is keep what you have. You had better have a boot disk or you will end up with an empty computer. Boot from the windows 98 CD first, then format the C drive as described above.
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∙ 12y agoIf you have a restore CD you have no problem. Just bootup from the CD and follow instructions. When asks where to install on before installing format system drive (usually disk C:)
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∙ 16y agoformat your hard drive
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Dave After a quick eBay search, it looks like you can get a HP P5LP-LE mobo for roughly $60. It may take a reinstall of Windows using the HP Restore discs to get the OEM version of Windows to take. Best of luck.
