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| 229999 | 2004-04-17 03:36:00 | I partitioned my friend's hardrive splitting her c drive to different bits.I told her to move all her mp3s into d drive so that when i format the computer it won't get rid of her mp3s since im formatting her windows drive which is C Her computer came with a hewlettpackard cd and i remembered that she can put that disc as soon as the computer starts up and a menu comes up asking her to choose format or recovery. I was wondering if i press format will that program in the cd actually formats c drive only? I cant remember what happend so i wanna ask if anybody can tell if it'll ask which drive to format. |
yingxuan (3330) | ||
| 230000 | 2004-04-17 05:17:00 | Generally these CD wipe the WHOLE hdd whether partitioned or not. The best bet is a generic win98cd and the approriate drivers. | mark.p (383) | ||
| 230001 | 2004-04-17 05:18:00 | That should have been Wincd. | mark.p (383) | ||
| 230002 | 2004-04-17 06:09:00 | Back up all data prior to reformats just in case use a standalone cd for 98SE if possible | kiwibeat (304) | ||
| 230003 | 2004-04-17 07:43:00 | > Generally these CD wipe the WHOLE hdd whether partitioned or not. Does that generally apply to all system repair CDs regardless of brand, eg HP, Compaq and Packard Bell, etc? |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 230004 | 2004-04-17 13:54:00 | Why not just use the dos FORMAT command that comes with Windows? Just hold down the F8 key while starting Windows (or bash it repeatedly - this usually works better) until you get the boot menu. Go to the 'command line only' or 'ms-dos' option, and type "FORMAT C:", then press enter. You'll have to wait a while for this to complete. If you are the impatient type, you can also use "FORMAT C: /Q". This doesn't actually format the partition fully, but just erases everything on it. When it asks for a "volume label" either type a name for the drive, or leave it blank. Problem solved - the C:\ partition is now formatted, but all the data on D:\ remains. Hope this helps, Steve |
Bletch (244) | ||
| 230005 | 2004-04-17 20:04:00 | www.compaqrepair.com | mark.p (383) | ||
| 230006 | 2004-04-17 22:32:00 | I tried format c :/s but after formatting it like that.I don't think the cd could reinstall windows I had to use the cd to format the format the cd automatically reinstalled windows. If i do it manually.I don't think it'll work. lAstime i formatted manually and used my windows 98 se cd to install.Her modem and everything wasn't detecting.She had to use the cd to format |
yingxuan (3330) | ||
| 230007 | 2004-04-17 22:35:00 | There is a recovery option in her cd but I wonder if it will work if i reinstall windows using my disc instead of hers and then use her hp cd and choose recover i wonder if it'll install all the necessary drivers back on | yingxuan (3330) | ||
| 230008 | 2004-04-18 00:19:00 | I don't think you can get away with using your CD, and from the sound of it you are out of your depth and likely to lose a friend if you carry on this path. Those MP3s are definitely at risk! Save yourself a lot of hearthache, and either move the MP3s to a CD, or install a second drive as D:, move the MP3s to that, then run her recovery CD. If using a recovery CD based system, IMHO it is better to install another drive for your data, then the recovery process doesn't cause any data retention problems. Drives are cheap and installation is easy. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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