Re-formatting my HD

Hi I am not that swift when It comes to all this computer
stuff, but I would like to take an old gateway PC I have
and re-format the dard drive to re- install the win 98
first eddition CD that I got with the computer many moons
ago. Can I somehow just take everything that is on this
hard drive off and start it over from scratch. I would
like to get it set for my grandson. I think it would make
a great first computer for him, especialy since the
finances don't allow for a new computer for him.
Thank you for any advice.

Shalom

"Danny" wrote in message
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Hi I am not that swift when It comes to all this computer
stuff, but I would like to take an old gateway PC I have
and re-format the dard drive to re- install the win 98
first eddition CD that I got with the computer many moons
ago. Can I somehow just take everything that is on this
hard drive off and start it over from scratch. I would
like to get it set for my grandson. I think it would make
a great first computer for him, especialy since the
finances don't allow for a new computer for him.
Thank you for any advice.

Shalom

bootup with a cd support floppy
and confirm that you can read your cdrom
if so...
the command to format the harddrive is format C:
once the drive is erased...log on to the cdrom drive
then type and enter setup

For information on installing W98, go to:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html


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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

"Danny" wrote in message
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Hi I am not that swift when It comes to all this computer
stuff, but I would like to take an old gateway PC I have
and re-format the dard drive to re- install the win 98
first eddition CD that I got with the computer many moons
ago. Can I somehow just take everything that is on this
hard drive off and start it over from scratch. I would
like to get it set for my grandson. I think it would make
a great first computer for him, especialy since the
finances don't allow for a new computer for him.
Thank you for any advice.

Shalom