Wipe HDD & Re-Install Windows ME

Anonymous
2021-07-14T08:09:11+00:00

I'm hoping someone can help me out as I'm a little stuck. I have an old Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop running Windows ME. Me intention is to wipe the HDD so I can sell/recycle it safely, but I'm really stuck how to do this.

Few extras:

  • I have a floppy drive, but no floppy disks to create a startup disk (and I'm hoping that's not the only way)
  • I have a "Reinstallation CD WMe" that came with the laptop, but I get the impression it's not something I can boot from. I could be wrong – if it was bootable I expected to be shown the option on startup.

Any advice would be very welcome!

Windows for home | Other | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-07-14T09:52:37+00:00

    Ok, thanks so much. I'll give it another go!

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  2. DaveM121 935.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-07-14T09:53:13+00:00

    Okay Taffston, I will be here.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-07-14T10:01:26+00:00

    I've got to here. Last time I just proceeded with a Typical installation.

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  4. DaveM121 935.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-07-14T10:04:03+00:00

    Hi Taffston,

    Select the Custom Option, then show me what you see next.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-07-14T10:08:38+00:00

    Here we go...

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