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| Thread ID: 39604 | 2003-11-11 23:16:00 | Formatting Windows XP | tango (2697) | Press F1 |
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| 191062 | 2003-11-11 23:16:00 | I tried using an old Windows 95 boot disk to boot into dos, so I can format. But it won't let me, says "invalid drive specification", which i guess is because my hdd is NTFS. I have formatted once before but I can't remember how i did it! can anyone help? | tango (2697) | ||
| 191063 | 2003-11-11 23:20:00 | Boot directly to your WinXP CD, then choose the option to do a clean install. Then it will give you an option to format your hard drive. Otherwise a program like Partition Magic would probably do the trick (although I've never personally used it). |
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| 191064 | 2003-11-12 06:47:00 | thanks somebody (haha), i didn't realise you had to go so far into that set up program. | tango (2697) | ||
| 191065 | 2003-11-12 08:04:00 | More guesswork Use MS FDISK to remove the non-DOS partition(s), repartition, restart and then format. Men are four: He who knows not and knows not he knows not, he is a fool -- shun him; He who knows not and knows he knows not, he is simple -- teach him; He who knows and knows not he knows, he is asleep -- wake him; He who knows and knows he knows, he is wise -- follow him! - Lady Burton (wife of Sir Richard Francis Burton), given as an Arabian proverb |
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