Please Help!!!

[iceman]

Hey all-

Someone PLEASE help me. Here's my problem:

Found an old system with win95. Don't have the 95 cd anymore. DO have a winME cd (full version). Want to install winME on hdd (for reasons which will take to long to explain). When I put ME cd in i get error message saying i already have an os installed, and that i need the "upgrade" cd of ME instead of the "full" version that i possess. My question is-- is there a way to wipe my hdd and clean install winME even though i dont have the win95 disc to create a start up disk? (when i try to make a start up disk it tells me to insert the win95 cd which i dont have) Does it even make a difference? Do i sound ignorant enough yet? I would appreciate any help to get out of my predicament.

THANKS!!

[Ploaf]

I never tried this, since I didn't have to, but can't you just boot into DOS and just use fdisk to reformat the drive and then install ME?
and you can check out http://www.bootdisk.com/ to see about getting a boot disk

[iceman]

would i be downloading a 95 boot disk?

[Christoph]

Originally posted by iceman
would i be downloading a 95 boot disk?

No. You'd be downloading an .exe to make a boot disk.
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Just go here (http://www.user-friendly.net/download/download.htm) (linked from bootdisk.com), download the .exe for 95 and run it. It'll ask you for a floppy and warn you if it's not blank. Let it run and you've got your boot disk!
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[iceman]

ok i got the boot disk-- anyone got a link or can tell me exactly what to do with the boot disk and the full ME cd? The only reason i ask is because im a little shakey on the process and this is the computer im gonna do it to. If i fail, i wont be able to come back online and ask for help! BTW, thanks for the help so far!

[LinkStatic]

use your bootdisk to format and fdisk your HDD if you want to do a clean and full install. otherwise use the boot disk to just delete the C:\windows directory using deltree.exe ( c:\deltree c:\windows )... and restart booting on your WinME CD.