Formatting the HD under Windows ME?

[qwerty12345]

I need to format my HD and reinstall windows, but I am having problems getting to the dos prompt to run FDISK. Is there a better way to do this with ME that wasn't available with 95/98? And how can I restart the computer in command prompt only?

Thanks!

[highrisemech]

You have to boot the machine with a system disk.

[qwerty12345]

DUH! (smacking myself in the head)

Thanks for the quick answer!

[qwerty12345]

Okay, I've now gotten the computer to start under command prompt only with the system disk, but unfortunately neither FDISK nor any other DOS commands seem to work. This is frustrating since I am not a newby, been using Windows and DOS for 10 years now.

[highrisemech]

When the machine boots to an a:\ prompt you wanna type fdisk.
You should go to the home page and click on harddrives and get some more information.

[qwerty12345]

Thanks for the help. I'll check out the HD forum section.