oneoone 36 Report post Posted February 23, 2012 Hi, I need to do a Clean install as my computer wont install windows from boot and I want to formatt the C:\ I have been in Bios but i cant enter dos that way. dose anyone know a good cd boot disk i can download ? thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vignesh Nallamad 209 Report post Posted February 23, 2012 r y trying to do a zeroth level format? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oneoone 36 Report post Posted February 23, 2012 yep just wipe the drive and try to install windows... i have found a usb dos boot so im going to try that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oneoone 36 Report post Posted February 23, 2012 nope wont boot from usb still need a cd dos boot plz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vignesh Nallamad 209 Report post Posted February 23, 2012 here is the link to ms-dos and its image http://www.allbootdisks.com/downloads/Disks/MS-DOS_Boot_Disk_Download47/Automatic%20Boot%20Disk/Dos6.22.exe http://www.allbootdisks.com/downloads/Disks/MS-DOS_Boot_Disk_Download47/Diskette%20Images/Dos6.22.img 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oneoone 36 Report post Posted February 23, 2012 Hi bud thanx for the link but when i try to burn it all i get is " The selected disc image file isn't valid so it wont let me burn it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fennfam3 182 Report post Posted February 23, 2012 If you want to boot from the USB then you will need to change the boot order on your laptop. You can do this through BIOS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vignesh Nallamad 209 Report post Posted February 23, 2012 buddy the image file tht i hav given u can be mounted only using dos prompt but i dont kno how to do it... also it has to be copied to floppy disk and thn to a cd... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parker216 101 Report post Posted February 29, 2012 you could always pull the drive out and slave it into another pc, just open My Computer and right click the drive and select format. be sure to use NTFS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parker216 101 Report post Posted February 29, 2012 another thing I just thought about. get a copy of Hiren's Boot CD from the Apps section. you can boot from DOS right off the CD because it is already loaded on there. plus, you can partition and do many other things. I use use it A LOT and have done this very thing. You can get it here: http://www.cyberwarez.info/forum/topic/58552-hirens-boot-dvd-15-0-restored-edition-v-10/page__hl__%2Bhiren%26%2339%3Bs+%2Bboot__fromsearch__1 Hope this helps! Good Luck!!! Parker216 _ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites