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Old 04-09-2007, 06:02 PM   #1
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Question About Partition Magic

Good Day Mates,

My DVDRW is not working due to an error in my operating system and i want to format my PC.

Am i able to use Partition Magic while using my pc and format my drives from in there?

Thank You,

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Old 04-09-2007, 08:43 PM   #2
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No.
Formatting the drive and reinstalling the OS will mean that you'd be starting from scratch.
XP can be repaired.
If it's too far gone for System Restore to work a full repair re-install may work for you without the total wipe of a reformat.
Repair install instructions here : http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=151522
You will need an XP cd for this.
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Old 04-10-2007, 04:47 PM   #3
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Thanks for the support pam123 but the thing that my operating system is vista and it's not reading my DVDRW

thanks again

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Thanks for the support pam123 but the thing that my operating system is vista and it's not reading my DVDRW

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There are Vista repair options.
The full scale one is, apparently, limited to Vista Ultimate or one of the Enterprise versions ( and I'd love to hear Microsoft's explanation for that.) but you can do a System Restore on a Home Premium version if you have the Vista cd .
Read this : http://vistasupport.mvps.org/windows...ir_options.htm
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