Re: formatting xp
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Date: 05/03/04
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Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 03:47:55 -0700
But once I reformat, won't the Winxp disk want to install
xp? I only want to format this drive then put the drive
in a different computer to load winxp.
>-----Original Message-----
>The XP disk is bootable. It can format, partition, etc.
a drive. No need
>to use a boot floppy to do that.
>
>But yeah, f o r m a t c : is right. Just do a \?
paramter to get a list
>of commands available.
>
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:749001c430bc$0d608230$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> I need to reformat my hard drive that has winxp on it
>> only I can't use the computer it's on because the video
>> card isn't working. I installed a version of direct x
>> that my video card can't handle so now the computer
won't
>> recognize the hard drive.
>> I figured I'd reformat and install winxp again, only
this
>> time I won't install the directx 9.1 since that's when
I
>> ended up with problems.
>> Can I use another computer that has windows 98 on it
and
>> boot up from a windows 98 boot up disk, just to format
>> the drive?
>> Then I'll install winxp using the right computer.
>> If this is possible, do I just insert the start up disk
>> and type format c at the dos prompt?
>>
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