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11-30-2004, 02:53 PM
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Format HD with XP,no floppy, no setup CD ?
I'm ready to take off the XP pro that came with my Ebay Thinkpad and put on 98 0r 2000. How can I get to another drive to format C ? It has a CD rom drive but no XP setup CD. Don't have the setup CD, but I could borrow one, obviously with a different key, just to use to format C:
I also have a USB flash drive. Can I burn some system files onto a CDRW with another PC, or put the files on the USB drive, change the boot sequence in the BIOS setup, and boot into the flash drive or CD drive ? What files do I need to get me to a command line in another drive.? Just command.com etc or full DOS ? Or do I need any files on the drive I'm formatting from ? Thanks ! |
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11-30-2004, 02:55 PM
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You can use the Windows 2000 or Windows 98 CD.
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11-30-2004, 03:09 PM
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Why didn't I think of that ? Too simple !
Thanks, Chris. |
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12-01-2004, 02:28 AM
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Boot with the 98 CD, start with CD support, run fdisk, and remove all the partitions. Then boot with a 98 or 2000 CD and do an install the normal way.
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12-12-2004, 07:16 PM
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This is not working. I have deleted the partition and booted "with CD support'
and get an A: prompt, I change to D: and enter ' format C:' but keep getting 'bad command' . I have booted with a XP CD and it bypasses it and boots up windows, with a 2000 CD it starts to Setup, and only with the 98 Cd do I get to go to a command prompt, but it wont format the hard drive. The hard drive couldn't be anything else but C: , Eh ? Thanks, Chris. |
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12-12-2004, 07:37 PM
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Run FDISK from the A prompt after booting with the Win98 CD. Delete all partitions, the NTFS partition will be a "non-dos" partition. Then if you want Win2000, just boot with its CD and do the setup in the unpartitioned space.
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12-12-2004, 08:08 PM
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glc I like this 2000 pro ! Its formatting and loading !
Thanks. Much later: Its made a vast improvement to the old Thinkpad. Very fast. Thanks again. Last edited by Parangles; 12-12-2004 at 09:54 PM. |
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12-13-2004, 08:09 AM
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I really like 2000 Pro. I have no use for XP - 2000 supports all my hardware and software. 2000 actually runs pretty good on my old 233 MMX laptop with 128mb ram and a 4 gig hard drive - it would be suicide to try to run XP on that thing.
XP really only runs well on hardware designed for it. Upgrading old iron is a crapshoot. Last edited by glc; 12-13-2004 at 08:11 AM. |
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12-13-2004, 10:27 AM
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