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12-06-2005, 03:09 PM
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c prompt at start up
Hey guys,
I'm helping a long distance friend out with a problem...He told me he fromateed his C drive but now when he restarts...it actually takes him to a windows start up screen, but tells him he's missing a .vmx or .vdx file, and tells him to Ctrl, Alt, Del and restart, and it just keeps him in this loop...How exactly would he get to a c prompt again so he can format his HD properly? thanks everyone.
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12-06-2005, 03:28 PM
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Does he have the Install CD? I know with XP you can boot from the XP CD and delete the old partition and reinstall on a new partition.
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12-06-2005, 03:28 PM
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MUST boot off a floppy drive to format. Can get one from www.bootdisk.com
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12-06-2005, 10:42 PM
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I figured it was boot from floppy, but I dont have much experience with 9x. He said he has a boot disk, but its so hard when the guy your talking to is far away, and he has a limited knowledge of this stuff...
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12-07-2005, 02:58 AM
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Boot it with a floppy for the right version of Windows to an A prompt, then type FORMAT C:
What exact version of Windows is he trying to install? 98 and 98SE CD's should be bootable. You *can* format by booting with the CD if you watch to see what letter is assigned to the CD, at the A prompt change to that drive then FORMAT C: |
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