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| 163873 | 2003-07-30 07:51:00 | Just tried to reformat c,it came up with enter currant volume label for drive c: Anybody know what that means? |
Thomas (1820) | ||
| 163874 | 2003-07-30 08:01:00 | After it's formatted it'll ask you to name the drive - you can enter up to 11 characters (IIRC). This is completely optional :) Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 163875 | 2003-07-30 08:02:00 | If you have a look in the My Computer folder and see what name is on your C: drive , my one has Local Disk . How are you trying to format your C: drive? |
BootyLicious (526) | ||
| 163876 | 2003-07-30 08:03:00 | Hmmm... if it's asking for the label before you format it may be a safety feature just in case - Open explorer and browse to your drive, right click on it and click properties. At the top of the properties box that appears should be a text box with a name - that'll be your volume name. HTH Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 163877 | 2003-07-30 08:05:00 | Good posting Mike | BootyLicious (526) | ||
| 163878 | 2003-07-30 08:09:00 | In fdisk if you select Display Partition Information, you will see a Volume Label column. If nothing listed then the volume (disk) does not have a name. In that case just hit enter again at the prompt without entering anything. Or if you see it has a Volume Label, you will need to enter that name at that prompt. | Jen C (20) | ||
| 163879 | 2003-07-30 08:42:00 | Thank you all very much.I have corrupted the reg.and am unable to run the XP disc,so as a last resort am trying to wipe c drive and then reinstall XP,was told to enter format c:,which I did and got the above message. Jen,I dont know where to find fdisk. |
Thomas (1820) | ||
| 163880 | 2003-07-30 09:04:00 | Are you using a bootdisk floppy? Why won't your WinXP CD run? From the installation CD you can do a repair installation rather then reformating/installing. If a repair has already failed, then one of the options when using the XP disk is to format first. Just select that option. If you then get the volume label prompt, try just hitting enter again. Have a read of this as well Windows XP Home Install Guide (www.blackviper.com) or Windows XP Professional Install Guide (www.blackviper.com) |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 163881 | 2003-07-30 09:18:00 | It will run till I get a blue screen,I can only get out of that because I happen to have go back3 rebboting dosen't help. there is no mention of reair on my xp disc,wish it did. I have just downloaded the six boot discs and have them at the ready,no idea how as this is my first time doing all this. |
Thomas (1820) | ||
| 163882 | 2003-07-30 09:23:00 | Is your WinXP disk a demo version? | Jen C (20) | ||
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