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11-03-2002, 12:47 PM
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Red Sox Nation
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Formatting?
Hello,
I'm upgrading a lot of stuff on my system, adding a CD-RW, GeForce4 Ti 4600, Soundblaster Audigy Gamer. My plan was to install the CD-RW first, back up all my stuff to CD-R, then reformat before installing the video/sound cards, to avoid any driver conflicts, etc.(plus, I haven't formatted my HDD since I got it a year ago!). My question: how do you format a drive? From within Windows? I go to Disk Management, but when I right-click the drive, thr Format option is grayed out. How do I format my HDD? Thanks! 
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11-03-2002, 12:55 PM
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HOT ROD
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If your OS is on the partition as you are trying to format it won’t allow you to do it, if you are ready to install and I assume its XP just boot to the cdrom, delete the partition, create a new partition then format and install. It’s very easy and straight forward using the XP setup to do this.
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11-03-2002, 01:11 PM
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Red Sox Nation
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So, I just reboot my system to the WinXP CD, then delete the partition? No need to do it in Windows?
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11-03-2002, 01:36 PM
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HOCKEY FREAK
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yes just make sure you back-up all of your info..
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11-03-2002, 05:56 PM
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Red Sox Nation
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I am, that's why I got a Lite-On 48x.
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