Windows upgrade

Masterj710 · 08-21-2004, 12:45 AM

Hi,

I have a pentium 3 processor dell and it has windows 98se on it. I wanted to reformat the drive and upgrade to windows xp. Is this possible? How can i find out if it is?

Can someone give me directions on how to wipe out the hard drive and reformat it

kharmini91 · 08-23-2004, 03:55 PM

I forget Windows 98. If it is possible, on Shut Down choose the option "Restart in MS-DOS mode. If not, Restart and tap F8 while you're rebooting. When you get to the boot options screen select the command prompt option and press enter (or Y, I forget.) When you get to the prompt, type "format c:" (no quotes) and press enter, confirm and it ishould take from about 45 seconds to 5 minutes depending on your HD size. When complete, open your CD-ROM drive and put in the Windows XP cd. Then manually turn off your computer. Turn it on and you should get a message: Boot from CD? or something like that. Press enter. You should be able to take it from here, for the formatting options select NTFS (quick). Hope this about covers it!

**Praetor** · 08-23-2004, 07:42 PM

Quote:

I have a pentium 3 processor dell and it has windows 98se on it. I wanted to reformat the drive and upgrade to windows xp. Is this possible? How can i find out if it is?

It's doable

Heres a step by step with piccies: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...p_sg_clean.asp

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Masterj710 New Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1	Windows upgrade Hi, I have a pentium 3 processor dell and it has windows 98se on it. I wanted to reformat the drive and upgrade to windows xp. Is this possible? How can i find out if it is? Can someone give me directions on how to wipe out the hard drive and reformat it

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08-23-2004, 03:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
kharmini91 Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 117	I forget Windows 98. If it is possible, on Shut Down choose the option "Restart in MS-DOS mode. If not, Restart and tap F8 while you're rebooting. When you get to the boot options screen select the command prompt option and press enter (or Y, I forget.) When you get to the prompt, type "format c:" (no quotes) and press enter, confirm and it ishould take from about 45 seconds to 5 minutes depending on your HD size. When complete, open your CD-ROM drive and put in the Windows XP cd. Then manually turn off your computer. Turn it on and you should get a message: Boot from CD? or something like that. Press enter. You should be able to take it from here, for the formatting options select NTFS (quick). Hope this about covers it!