How to format your hard drive
29-06-2004, 14:04
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Re: How to format your hard drive
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No one appears to have mentioned the Emergency Boot Disk - it's very useful!  |
Only in Windows 98 SE - earlier versions of Windows didn't put the CD driver on the disk  So you rebooted with the disk and found that you were stuffed. The 98SE boot disk creates a RAM drive so be mindful of that when it comes to drive lettering.
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30-06-2004, 01:22
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Re: How to format your hard drive
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No one appears to have mentioned the Emergency Boot Disk - it's very useful!
Control Panel / Add~Remove Programs / Startup Disk / Create Disk... |
Ahem... http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...9&postcount=19
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01-09-2004, 20:34
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Re: How to format your hard drive
Can this be made a sticky in the Sub forum of Computers and IT?
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01-09-2004, 20:41
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Re: How to format your hard drive
Not yet, there are a few errors in the first post such as the XP procedure.
Why would you press "CTRL+ATL+DEL" to boot the XP CD?
All it does in XP is bring up the task manager.
The best way to format a disk is by using the Disk Manager or by using the XP CD as you briefly mentioned if you want to format the system disk.
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01-09-2004, 20:53
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Re: How to format your hard drive
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01-09-2004, 20:56
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Re: How to format your hard drive
Incogs eyes have glazed over but she's pretty sure this is a useful thread.
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01-09-2004, 22:31
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Re: How to format your hard drive
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Not yet, there are a few errors in the first post such as the XP procedure.
Why would you press "CTRL+ATL+DEL" to boot the XP CD?
All it does in XP is bring up the task manager.
The best way to format a disk is by using the Disk Manager or by using the XP CD as you briefly mentioned if you want to format the system disk.
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No no no, when you format the drive with Windows 95/98 on it after the format is complete through DOS you press ctrl alt del to restart with your XP cd in the cd rom drive and it will automatically read it.
When you make this a sticky could you delete all the irrelvant posts!
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01-09-2004, 22:32
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Re: How to format your hard drive
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Err yeah you are 
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01-09-2004, 23:04
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Re: How to format your hard drive
I'd be very interested to know how to do it using the xp disc. a step by step guide would be handy??
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01-09-2004, 23:53
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Re: How to format your hard drive
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I'd be very interested to know how to do it using the xp disc. a step by step guide would be handy??
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Id be glad to do it for you as an addition to this thread.
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02-09-2004, 00:58
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Re: How to format your hard drive
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Id be glad to do it for you as an addition to this thread.
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Well go for it then. Off to bed just now, will check it tomorrow.. pm if necessary.
Hoggy.
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02-09-2004, 01:38
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Re: How to format your hard drive
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When you make this a sticky could you delete all the irrelvant posts!
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I think you mean if ....
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02-09-2004, 23:21
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Re: How to format your hard drive
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Id be glad to do it for you as an addition to this thread.
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Waiting?????? 
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02-09-2004, 23:31
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Re: How to format your hard drive
im waiting too - hoping to blow this xp away tomorrow but i want to know what im doing first
p.s could we have it in simpleton language please 
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02-09-2004, 23:50
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Re: How to format your hard drive
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im waiting too - hoping to blow this xp away tomorrow but i want to know what im doing first
p.s could we have it in simpleton language please |
simpleton.....yes. for me too!
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