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Old 02-12-2003, 11:02 PM   #1
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insufficient memory during format

greetings

can u help me how i refrmat my drive.
i boot in A: then typed format c: /s then it says insufficent memory.
my processor i s celron 800 64MB it was doing fine then when games was installed problems start to rise. can open it only using safe mode.
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Old 02-13-2003, 01:23 AM   #2
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You may have gotten a virus on the machine. Go to the link below and get Zero Fill and make a floppy. Boot with a bootdisk and then insert the Zero Fill disk at the A:\ Prompt. The command is A:\ Zero 0

After it is finished FDISK/Format the hard drive.

http://www.oshvn.net/en/software/zer...ty_version.htm
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Old 02-14-2003, 02:26 AM   #3
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tnx, i really needed some tip bout it, i was advised to replace the Hddisk but its costly. my HDD is samsung do these manufacturers have same utility like Zero fill?
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