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Thread ID: 18826	2002-05-03 02:05:00	reformatting the hard drive	Guest (0)	Press F1

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46902	2002-05-03 02:05:00	Great site this. Hi again I wrote last week about start-up problems. I fiddled made it worse, got it back again somehow. Now I reckon I should take everything off the hard drive and start from scratch.Its on 1.5Gb so have about 400mb free. I have removed ms office and games, still not a lot of free space. If I have 6 pictures in my digital camera the computer really grinds away.SO I'm sure the hard -drive has heaps of junk in it. I have a format floppy and my origional w95 disk. Question is it as easy as it sounds. Wipe the hard-drive clean then just put in w95 then start reloading the computer with the programs I require? I know I will have to re-install my modem,all my e-mail addresses, and favorite sites, but I'm sure it will be worth it as I have learnt from my mistakes, especially with using my scanner on th ewrong settings and having photo's of 300mb and more. Now I have them down between 12/40mb depending what they are for. Hoping someone out there can let me know, just how easy it is to clear the hard-drive and start loading up again.PS I have been given another 1.5gb hard-drive but as yet not game enough to install it. regards ...the fiddler	Guest (0)
46903	2002-05-03 02:36:00	If the question is what I think you want to know how to format c:. Thats easy just go into dos mode and type format c: Then it should say are you sure you want to do this just type y. The spare 1.5gb you sounds like you need it its easy to install aswell as your secondary hard drive.	Guest (0)
46904	2002-05-03 02:38:00	It's not too hard at all, and you dont have to lose your favourites or email addresses - find your favourites folder (I dont remember much about win95 but for me its in my windows directory and I'm sure it's probably the same for you) Just copy the folder and paste to a floppy disk. Do the same backwards when u have reloaded windows. You can back up all emails and address book in many different ways and forms depending on the program you use. As long as you know what to do with a start-up disk and can handle the odd dos command once windows is wiped, then I think you should have no trouble reformatting. I think it's a wise decision you have made actually as a reformat every now and then is quite beneficial to a tired computer. It pays to have a piece of paper handy to write down your ISP settings and various other bits n pieces so you can set up again with minimal pain. If you need any help or have any questions, you're in the right place! Good luck :o)	Guest (0)
46905	2002-05-03 02:59:00	www.cybernet.net Follow the above link and on there home page at the top left will be a box with various help links, one of them is reformat and reinstall. Follow the links to there other pages and print out, it is a easy to follow guide. Remember !!!!! before you start reformatting and reinstalling that you back up all your data and addresses etc and make sure you have all your various driver disks handy as they will be required at various times during the process.	Guest (0)
46906	2002-05-03 03:57:00	Go for it! I've done it a few times and if I can do it, so can anyone else! Go to the following sites, have a good read then print out the instructions that you like the most and you can't go wrong. Just remember to make absolutely sure that you have backed up all the data you want to keep, including favorites, emails, etc etc. Good luck and have fun. www.planethardware.com www.pcnineoneone.com www.everythingcomputers.com www.cyberwalker.net	Guest (0)
46907	2002-05-03 04:17:00	Before you do the deed, just be sure (by experiment) that you can boot the machine from floppy *and* access your W95 CD. It's a Very Good Idea after the format to make a directory called Win95 and 'xcopy d:\win95\*.* c:\win95 . Then you can 'cd win95' and 'setup'. It is a good use of 10MB or so. It makes reinstalls, adding bits and pieces, etc easy.	Guest (0)
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