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Jinn · 06-28-2005, 08:56 AM

Boot floppies are SO 1998. Seriously -- a fresh reinstall for WIN2k shouldn't be hard at all.

The bios key may not be F1; most Dell's I've messed with its DEL or F2
(It'll say on screen (F2- Setup).

Enter the bios, set the boot order to have CD/Optical first (usually using +/-) to change their order.

Reboot the computer, and it'll prompt you: create partition, delete partition, format partition. Typically I'd delete all the partitions and create a new one (either the full drive or a manageable size for a "system" partition).

Then format it (NTFS or FAT32) and install to that drive.

Voila.. your CD is almost certainly bootable.. I reinstall all the time with no floppy drive at all.

06-28-2005, 08:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	Boot floppies are SO 1998. Seriously -- a fresh reinstall for WIN2k shouldn't be hard at all. The bios key may not be F1; most Dell's I've messed with its DEL or F2 (It'll say on screen (F2- Setup). Enter the bios, set the boot order to have CD/Optical first (usually using +/-) to change their order. Reboot the computer, and it'll prompt you: create partition, delete partition, format partition. Typically I'd delete all the partitions and create a new one (either the full drive or a manageable size for a "system" partition). Then format it (NTFS or FAT32) and install to that drive. Voila.. your CD is almost certainly bootable.. I reinstall all the time with no floppy drive at all. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel