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To: Clay M who wrote (6747)	11/11/1999 1:07:00 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

Easy stuff first: FORMAT C: will format drive C. FORMAT D: will format drive D. I have FORMAT.COM on my C: drive, so I'd format D: first. If you did it the other way, you'd need a copy of FORMAT.COM because it'd be wiped out. As far as I know, FORMAT only does one drive at a time. BE SURE YOU HAVE SOME WAY OF BOOTING YOUR SYSTEM. Formatting will remove your ability to boot from your disk. I'd use FORMAT C: /Q for Quick, because it takes a few seconds and accomplishes the same thing: Erases files. Twenty minutes otherwise. You'll need to re-install your software. You could re-load some of it from your tape, but you'll only be restoring the stuff giving you problems in the first place. I'm assuming you don't know what's OK and what's messed up: Why else would you do an across-the-board clean-up? Your freshly installed Windows won't know about your 'other' software. The installation process will put all the pieces in place (correctly, we hope.) You should have no difficulty restoring your personal data from tape once your software's installed and configured the way you want. Hope this helps, PW. P.S. This is lots of work. Protect your investment by making a full backup of your stable system. That way, next time, you'll only need to restore from tape to get a 'fresh' start.