quietsoul

hi...

after installing win2k, i have never tried performing a clean install before. i don't have a win2k boot disk, and i don't think there is an option to make one. i was planning on using a win98 boot disk and deleting the "C" primary partition, and then letting win2k recreate it. i have two other partitions E and F on one physical drive. E and F contain very large amounts of important information that i do not want to lose. if i go this route, will i have any troubles? or is there another way to perform a clean install?

thanks,

qs

zuffy

If your computer supports cdrom boot, then the w2k cd is bootable. From there, you can delete the existing partitions or reformat your drive.

jrobinson

if you want to make boot disks for installation... instructions are here.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...s_gs_03018.htm

belboz

What I typically do is copy all the install files (everything in the i386 directory) onto the HD (not the C drive, though). Then I do a quick "format c: /q" and then boot to a Win98 start-up floppy. If you first copy smartdrv.exe to that floppy (on a win9x machine, iirc it's in the windows directory), then you can load it manually after you boot (no cd-rom support needed) and then start the install process by going to the directory where you copied all the install files and typing "winnt"