reformatting the hard drive

Hello,

does anyone know what the command is to reformat the c
drive in order to reinstall the recovery disk software? My
kids got a virus on a HP with Windows 98. I'm trying to
talk them thru (they don't live with me) reinstalling the
software but I believe they need to reformat the hard drive
because simply installing the CD restore disk won't let
them do it.

Thanks for any information.

Regards,
Steve P.

There is probably no need to format the drive but if you must go to:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html

What is happening--are the .exe files not working properly? If so, that can
be fixed.
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Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"stevep" wrote in message
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Hello,

does anyone know what the command is to reformat the c
drive in order to reinstall the recovery disk software? My
kids got a virus on a HP with Windows 98. I'm trying to
talk them thru (they don't live with me) reinstalling the
software but I believe they need to reformat the hard drive
because simply installing the CD restore disk won't let
them do it.

Thanks for any information.

Regards,
Steve P.

Why does it not let them, what happens when they try?
IIRC HP has 2 ways to recover, the first is recovering software/drivers from the 2nd
CD ( if more than 1 ) which runs in Windows.

This is from HP support on my old Pavilion 7125.
http://tinyurl.com/4nl2q

The second is a full system recovery which can be done in 2 ways, Format and Recover
or Recover Only.
http://tinyurl.com/5q6jk

To see if yours is the same or different start he
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html

Select Support and tshoot info
Type in the make/model
On the next page select Setup and Install
On the next page select System Recovery

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Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.
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"stevep" wrote in message
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Hello,

does anyone know what the command is to reformat the c
drive in order to reinstall the recovery disk software? My
kids got a virus on a HP with Windows 98. I'm trying to
talk them thru (they don't live with me) reinstalling the
software but I believe they need to reformat the hard drive
because simply installing the CD restore disk won't let
them do it.

Thanks for any information.

Regards,
Steve P.