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08-08-2005, 05:36 PM
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want to format my harddrive on ms-dos, how to do?
i need instructions to format my hard drive because it is giving me some major problems which include slow boot up and problems installing any os
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08-08-2005, 06:11 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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First thing you'll want to do is to zero-fill the hard drive. You can do that with KillDisk.
Then you FDISK & FORMAT. You have to run FDISK first to create the partition and then you run FORMAT to format the partition. If you need a bootdisk, go to BootDisk.com.  Cricket
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08-08-2005, 06:20 PM
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Dont forget, when your formatting you type format c:/s
The "/s" makes the drive a bootable drive by copying the file command.com to C: at the end of the procedure. |
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08-08-2005, 08:40 PM
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can i also format the empty HD in windows with both HDs running at the same time?
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08-08-2005, 08:53 PM
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You can, but the RECOMMENDED way is from DOS with a bootdisk.
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08-08-2005, 08:57 PM
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why is that?
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08-08-2005, 09:08 PM
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which boot disk do I choose? I am going to use windows 2000 pro |
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08-08-2005, 09:13 PM
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PS
where do i get fdisk. do I just input the command? or get it online? |
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08-08-2005, 09:14 PM
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Can you give a more specific description of what to do also. sorry about the form of writing by the way. The ideas come too late for me to type it all together
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08-09-2005, 07:36 AM
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If you are going to use Windows 2000, you can do everything you need by booting with the Windows 2000 CD. Setup will allow you to remove all partitions and create a new one.
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/wind...dhdd/index.htm |
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08-09-2005, 09:24 AM
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Quote:
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08-09-2005, 09:25 AM
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OOOO nevermind, i just caught "emptydrive". I thought that was his HD with OS on
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08-09-2005, 01:53 PM
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On MS-dos 6.22 how can I get it to reach c:\> instead of a:\> so that I can format my drive. I would also like to know if killdisk is really necessary because I can't get it to run and there is nothing on my harddrive anyway
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08-09-2005, 02:04 PM
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You type format c: at the A prompt. Format.com must be on the bootdisk. It cannot format a FAT32 drive, only a FAT16.
I repeat, if you want to install Windows 2000, you do everything from the CD. Please read the link I provided. |
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