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by togi1

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How do you format a hard drive using Win 2000? I have put this OS on my computer, now I cannot use the modem. I'm having too much trouble finding updates for the modem and want to go back to using Win ME.I cannot delete the modem either for some reason!

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by william jay

How do you format a hard drive using Win 2000? - While logged in with appropriate privelege(s), right click on My Computer, choose "Manage", Under disk Management, choose the partition you want to clean, right click, choose format, choose appropriate file system to implement, choose OK ...

Now, for the modem non-question, is it a WinModem ? If so Win2K may not want or be able to use it, check the documentation.

Uninstalling devices can be tricky in Win2K, in Computer Management, choose View, Show hidden devices, and see if there is another modem in the list ... uninstall that one first, then the other one and away you go.

Hope this helps to get you going good with NT5 ...

by mm212

If you mean you want to get rid of Windows 2000, and you installed it to an NTFS partition, boot to a floppy, run fdisk, delete your partition(s) and re-create them. You can then format the drive and install WinME.

by m.carter

If you have had enough of windows 2000. It would be easier to just fdisk it and delete the NTFS Partition. Then just boot from a Windows ME boot disk and load Windows ME from Scratch. If you do not have a Windows ME bootdisk you can download it fromthe following internet address

www.bootdisk.com

Good Luck!!

Martin

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