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How do you reformat your harddrive?
Posted: 2004-07-01 08:46pm
by HemlockGrey
Does wondering...
Posted: 2004-07-01 08:48pm
by LadyTevar
go to DOS.
Type Format C:/
You'll be asked twice if you're sure you want to do this, iirc.
Posted: 2004-07-02 12:59am
by TrailerParkJawa
If this is your primary hard drive you should run the format command from a boot disk. Don't forget to back up your data first!
If you are wanting to format another drive, you can do it through the Windows GUI.
If you have a Windows 2000 disk, you can boot from CD Rom and format y our drive in the process of installing the OS.
Posted: 2004-07-02 01:13am
by Shinova
If it's a freshly-bought drive, you have to partition it first also.
Posted: 2004-07-02 01:50am
by Slartibartfast
If it's your primary disk, format it with the installation program of the OS you're installing. If it's a secondary disk then just partition and format it normally. Either way, it depends on your OS.
Posted: 2004-07-02 04:13pm
by Ace Pace
If its a non-primary partition, I use partition magic, if its a primary and I wish to change it (I never do it), I'll either use the windows CD tool, if its for an install, or the Knoppix utility.