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Ok, I am going to be trying something. I want to install a Windows 98se in place of the original Sony system on my PC.

The Sony VAIO PC is a PCV 130 with Windows 95 installed, plus a 98 upgrade that was purchased later.
The PC has a two CD disk set, a System Recovery CD and an Application Recovery CD...... to be used to restore the computer to its original configuration if need be.
There is no "Windows 95" CD disk. The 95 info is contained in the two Sony CDs described above.

The System Recovery CD will format the hard drive, erasing everything on the hard drive to bare bones, and then it procedes to reinstall Windows 95 and the Sony stuff that is part of the VAIO package.
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My question is how do I go about formatting the hard drive so that I can install the 98se?
I know I cannot use the Sony CDs, because they format and install, all from one single CD.

To expand on Brads answer, you can also use a win98se bootdisk (download from www.bootdisk.com if you don't have one) to format the disk. Then boot off the win98se CD & install away. The problem is that you have the upgrade - it will ask you during the install process for the previous CD that entitles you to the upgrade. You could try using the sony cds, but it may not like them. In that case you may find it easiest to borrow someone elses win95 CD for the purposes of installing win98 - I don't think this will be illegal since you do own win95 - just not in a format that the win98 upgrade disk will understand

I'm with brad... You need a win98 CD.. If you have problems we can guide you from there.

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