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October 19th, 2002, 06:37 PM
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hi.This is my second and last thread for now.i just would like to know how to initiate a hard drive reformatting.And to know whether i can use my windows me cd to boot from.My system has become quirky to say the least, and i want to start fressh.Make my day please.  | 
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October 19th, 2002, 06:47 PM
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Boot with a floppy (get one here ) and at the prompt type "format c:" no quotes, and answer yes.  | |
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October 19th, 2002, 06:50 PM
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Hello:
If it's an ide drive, the best you can do is delete the partitions with fdisk and put them back.
The safest thing to do is make a startup disk that has all the drivers for the cd on the floppy.
Make sure the floppy startup works  . Backup any files you want to save.
Then, when you know the startup disk works, you can delete the partitions with fdisk. Reboot the machine and re-make the partitions with fdisk. Reboot and format the partitions and then switch to the cd drive letter and run install from the ME cd.
That will clean off your drive.
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October 19th, 2002, 06:52 PM
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Do you know what brand of HDD you have ?????
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October 19th, 2002, 06:55 PM
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thanks I got boot data. Question does it matter if I have other data previously written to my boot floppy? | |
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October 19th, 2002, 06:57 PM
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If you have a Western Digital HDD .... it comes with a Floppy that has GREAT formatting utilities ...... quicker than old DOS .... that formats and partitions in a fraction of the time !!!! | |
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October 19th, 2002, 06:58 PM
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no i dont know what kinda hdd and whats an idle drive??? | |
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October 19th, 2002, 06:58 PM
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No, but it needs to be empty. Just format your floppy then make your boot disk.
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October 19th, 2002, 06:58 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by RUNESTALKER
thanks I got boot data. Question does it matter if I have other data previously written to my boot floppy? | It shouldn't make a difference, but to be safe, I would still start with a freshly formatted floppy to remove all doubt. | |
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October 19th, 2002, 07:00 PM
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somebody said that the windows me disk is a boot disk. is this true? | |
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