Re: Formating?
From: Reg (regedt3200_at_NOSPAMhotmail.com)
Date: 05/09/04
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Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 15:20:50 -0400
You can boot from a Windows 98SE boot floppy [make sure that your BIOS has
A: as the first boot device] and then call FDISK to delete the existing
partition then call Windows 2000 setup from the CD and use the text based
portion of setup [the blue screen, plain text part at the beginning] to
create and format the partitions. You can also boot from the Windows 2000
CD-ROM and delete/create your partitions [skipping FDISK altogether] from
the same text based portion of setup.
This will give you a 'clean slate' in which to rebuild your box.
HTH
Reg
"Jim Miller" <jim2926@juno.com > wrote in message
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> 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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