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Ben, just taking your last point ONLY:-

Boot from your floppy Startup Disk and select CD-ROM support.
Note the (temporary) drive letter(s) allocated to the CD-ROM(s)
Decide which you are going to use and insert the WinMe CD.

Then at the A:\ prompt, type:-
X: (Return) where X = the CD-ROM drive letter of your choice
above
Your screen should then show X:\ as the new prompt

Then type:-
setup (Return)

The WinMe setup/installation/re-installation process should now commence.

Mart