Re: Formating?

From: Alias (maskedandanonymous_at_aka.com)
Date: 05/09/04 

Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 20:59:42 +0200

You could use the utilities to format your hard drive that are available for
download at the hard drive's manunfacturer's web site. You can not only
format the disk but partition it as well and they're free.

Alias

"Jim Miller" <jim2926@juno.com > wrote

>
> Is there anyway to format the hard drive w/ Win 2000 Professional?
> I booted up the computer and pressed F8. I then scrolled down to
> Command Prompt in the safe mode. I tried to Fdisk the harddrive,
> but it wouldn't allow me to do so. The message said that I would
> have to do some kind of dismount. What do I need to do in order
> to Fdisk my harddrive with Win 2000? I want to start off with a
> clean slate. If I reinstall using the Win 2000 disk, the settings and
> files still remain on the harddrive. I want to erase everything!

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