Windows 95, 98 & ME: reformat and reinstall

"You have to reformat your hard drive and reinstall your operating system." These ominous words, uttered by a technical support technician, strike fear into the most grizzled computer users.

Never fear, here's a quick guide to what you need to know to walk you through a reinstall and reformat easily and carefully.

Below are even more helpful articles that will help you with your reformat and reinstall of Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows ME.

If you are searching for a commonly asked question, check our Reinstall and Reformat FAQ for answers.


Featured Articles

Need a boot disk? Why? How?

If you're reinstalling your operating system, you may very well need a boot disk.


Fine-tuning the reformat-reinstall process for Windows 95

Follow-up to an earlier article with additional hints about formatting a hard drive to install Windows 95.


Reformat your hard drive using Windows 98

It makes perfect sense to do so once in a while, if only to keep your box running like a race horse.


FAT32 is no obstacle in going back in history

How to wipe Windows XP and revert to Windows Me/98/95 if you have FAT32.


How to re-install Windows ME

If you want to install Windows ME on a clean system, it's pretty easy.


More Articles

• Reformat and reinstall Windows 98 on your laptop

If you need to reinstall Windows 98 on your laptop computer, there are different ways to do it depending on how your particular system is set up.


• How to reformat your hard drive and reinstall Windows 95

When you need step by step instructions on reinstalling Windows 95, we are here to help.


• Bringing Windows 95 back to life

How to reformat your hard drive and reinstall Windows 95? It sounds scary, but it doesn't have to be.


• A radical approach to tinkering with a hard drive

If you're going to format your C: drive, be sure to do it right.


• How to clean up Windows 98 start up

Keep your zippy wonder box tidy for continued fast performance.


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