Hi, It appears that you installed Lilo on your MBR (Master Boot Record). You can use the M$ fdisk program to restore a stock MBR thus: 'fdisk /mbr' HTH, --terry You wrote: -=> Hi all. -=> -=> I was having trouble installing Slackware Linux on a computer so I tried -=> it on my development hard drive. I was going to reinstall Windows on it -=> anyway so I tested the Slackware install and all went well. But now I -=> have to remove Linux and reinstall Windows 98 SE. -=> -=> The problem is that even though I repartitioned the hard drive and -=> reformatted it with my windows startup disk, the LILO menu still -=> appears. -=> -=> I assume the menu is written on the boot sector of the hard drive and my -=> reformatting does not erase it. -=> -=> Can anyone tell me how to totally clear my hard drive so I can do a -=> fresh install of a different OS? -=> -=> Rodney -=> -=> -=> _______________________________________________ -=> Speakup mailing list -=> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca -=> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -=> Name: Terry D. Cudney Phone: (905)735-6127 E-mail: terry at CottageInWasaga.com WWW: www.CottageInWasaga.com Q: Why don't lawyers go to the beach? A: The cats keep trying to bury them.