Hey guys! I am new to this forum, but come here occasionally to read topics and such. I am a newbie at these kinda things so please forgive me if I am amateurish.....
I have run into a problem recently with trying to upgrade a Toshiba laptop. I want to install Windows XP on it. Right now it is running Windows ME. I want to reformat the harddrive and install XP. Lastnight I tried to do a "format c:" at the MS-Dos prompt, but I kept getting a "c: is currently in use by another program....aborting format". So next I tried to run the XP install cd thinking it would reformat the harddrive before installing, but when running the install it said it would put TWO operating systems on one computer! That isnt what I wanted so I cancelled the install. I dont know how to restart the computer in MS-Dos mode and there didnt seem to be an option to remove Windows ME on the add/remove programs tab.......can someone please give me a clue as to where to go next?!!!
Thanks.
I have run into a problem recently with trying to upgrade a Toshiba laptop. I want to install Windows XP on it. Right now it is running Windows ME. I want to reformat the harddrive and install XP. Lastnight I tried to do a "format c:" at the MS-Dos prompt, but I kept getting a "c: is currently in use by another program....aborting format". So next I tried to run the XP install cd thinking it would reformat the harddrive before installing, but when running the install it said it would put TWO operating systems on one computer! That isnt what I wanted so I cancelled the install. I dont know how to restart the computer in MS-Dos mode and there didnt seem to be an option to remove Windows ME on the add/remove programs tab.......can someone please give me a clue as to where to go next?!!!
Thanks.