help making a startup disk

[Rubber314Chicken]

I need to create a startup disk for my windows ME computer. I tried the startup disk making thingy under add-remove programs in the control panel, but the computer does not find the files, and it does not work with the "format a: /s" command under ms-dos. what do I do. and will a re-installation disk work on the same computer to re-install the os if I use a data removing pogram to scrub my hard drive?

 

[Trivium Nate]

if you format youre hardrive and then attempt to reinstall Widnows ME as long as you have the disk then YES you can reinstall youre operating system

 

[Rubber314Chicken]

Cool. What about the start up disk. Will a win 98 disk work on win ME? (to run a program to nuke the HD, see my other thread.)

 

[Trivium Nate]

Try Right clicking on youre hardrive and selecting Format, and when that comes up DONT FORMAT, You should see an option that say Create a ms-Dos Start up disk Try that