Need the ME boot disc.

External Since: Sep 10, 2006 Posts: 3

hello all,can anybody tell me where to get a start up disc for ME.I have the
CD key but have lost the disc etc.Its on my old HP and seems a shame not to
use it.Thankyou

External Since: Apr 09, 2005 Posts: 1423

Already replied to your original post in under the "Reformat Hard Drive"
topic. For your information, I'll re-post it here:-

*IF*, .... and that's a big IF, your existing disk (C: drive) has an almost
working copy of WinMe on it AND it contains a folder (e.g.
C:\Windows\Options\Instal or CABS) containing a copy of approx 150Mb worth
of all the installation files required for WinMe AND you are able to copy
and burn those files to mem-stick or CD or some other such media, then you
just *might* be in with a chance.

NB - Being an OEM version of WinMe, I'm not sure whether HP were permitted
to allow these files to be installed/copied on their machines. The MS Retail
version of WinMe does.

Otherwise search ebay or similar.

On the other hand, if you only want to format the drive, that's easy, got to
:-
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
and select the WinMe OEM version, and follow the instructions to make a boot
disk. Then use the DOS format command to format your C: drive.

But you'll still need a WinMe installation CD (or at least the files - see
above) to install a fresh installation of WinMe.

Mart

"Desmond" <Desmond RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> hello all,can anybody tell me where to get a start up disc for ME.I have
> the
> CD key but have lost the disc etc.Its on my old HP and seems a shame not
> to
> use it.Thankyou