How do I format my hard drive and reinstall Windows Me?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the challenges of formatting a hard drive and reinstalling Windows Me, with participants sharing their experiences and suggestions regarding operating system installation issues, particularly focusing on formatting difficulties and alternatives to Windows Me.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant describes experiencing a corrupted file error when loading Windows Me and considers formatting the hard drive to reinstall the OS.
  • Another participant suggests that the Windows installer typically provides an option to format the hard drive during installation and recommends using a later version of Windows due to the bugs associated with Windows Me.
  • A different viewpoint is presented advocating for the installation of Linux instead of Windows, citing issues with Windows 98 and suggesting that a Linux distribution like Fedora could be a more stable alternative.
  • A later reply expresses frustration with the inability to format the partition containing the existing OS when attempting to install Windows XP, mentioning that the installer indicates the presence of temporary files necessary for installation.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the best approach to take, with some advocating for formatting and reinstalling Windows Me, while others suggest switching to Linux or using a later version of Windows. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the best method to format the hard drive and reinstall an operating system.

Contextual Notes

There are limitations regarding the specific steps for formatting the hard drive and the potential issues with existing partitions that may contain necessary files for installation. The discussion does not clarify the exact nature of the hard drive problems or the compatibility of different operating systems.

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hi everyone,
I am having problems with my computer. It started beeing slow and then when I turned it on the other day an error message came up when loading windows that a file is corrupted and that I need to reinstall the windows Me.
Tried to install it and half way getting another error message regarding the hard drive and kept stopping and asking to restart the installation. Tried a couple of times and the same thing hapened. I am thinking to Format the hard drive(delete everything) and re install windows Me again.
Does anyone know how to format the driver? Or does anyone have any opinion as to what I should do?
thanks for your help.
 
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The Windows installer should give you an option to format the hard drive as part of the installation.

I also strongly recommend you use a version of Windows later than Me, because Me is extremely buggy.

- Warren
 
My opinion is that you should install linux. I have a computer that Windows 98 will crash on either during the install or a few minutes after the first boot up after an installation. It is an alleged hard drive problem (if it crashes during installation ) or an alleged video driver problem (if it crashes after bootup ). However I found a fabulously less expensive http://fedora.redhat.com system that, wonder of wonders, does not have these problems.
 
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thanks for your help
 
chroot said:
The Windows installer should give you an option to format the hard drive as part of the installation.

I also strongly recommend you use a version of Windows later than Me, because Me is extremely buggy.

- Warren

I came to the forum to ask a similar question so I'll just expand on this thread... when I use the XP disk to try to replace ME, it won't let me format the part that has the existing OS. I just can't do it. It tells me (when I try to delete that particular partition in the installation process) that that part of the hd has temporary files necessary to installation. How can I go about erasing everything and starting from a clean slate?

Thanks
 

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