Re: Formating?
From: Andy (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/10/04
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Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 22:47:17 -0700
You can boot from the W2K CD to format and install a fresh
copy of W2K.
When prompted, select fresh install and you will be given
options to delete partitions.
Hope this helps.
>-----Original Message-----
>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
>news:1o8t909tj8glceu2ebefrqph2l9o4kagpl@4ax.com...
>>
>> 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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