Errrr I have already said I have tried that on one occasion, the disc was not removed when it was partially loaded or anything like that, the disc is perfectly fine with a perfectly fine operating system thereupon,tiz just that one wants rid of that operating system,and win 98 loaded upon same, one likes win98 and is used to messing about with it believe me I have tried most things,one has been pottering about with puters for nye these twenty years gone,this machine is the 17th one one has built with bits with ones grubby litte paws, hardware and configuring of same one understands, tiz software probs that still sometimes baffle one, like this one.