Re: Formatting a drive with XP.
From: SlowJet (SlowJet_at_noTY2this.com)
Date: 10/10/04
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Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:15:20 GMT
The setup program stands on its head in memory. :)
That's why it loads all those drivers, like a tool kit.
Let's see now, what kind of devices do we have here?
OH, a disk! I found a disk(s). I need one with a partition to install
Windows on.
I can install over the existing Windows partition. I can install into
another partition. I can use the whole disk and create the partition. Or You
can create a new partition. Or you can delete partitions and create new
ones.
What would you like to do?
OK, now would you like to format that?
(I recommend NTFS with 4K clusters becase I really like that environment. I
can compress files and folders on that. And it matches a page size. And it
makes better use of smaller files, but not too small. I can put many of the
small ones right into the MFT because I'm soooo much smarter than FAT. And
it has write ahead logging so I hardly ever get croupted, just mixed up. :))
Don't make the Partiton so hugh coz I get tired running back and forth to
page and write restore points. And I could have a heart attack doing a
defrag. :)
NO DOS NO FDisk NO FAT. ;)
SJ
"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:ui4RURurEHA.376@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> In news:fC3ad.11777$JQ4.748973@news.xtra.co.nz,
> JML <jmlallemand@hotmail.com> typed:
>
>> Does anyone know how I can go about formatting a drive that has Win
>> XP Pro on it, I have been trying for ages but have failed so far.
>
>
> You can't format the Windows drive from within Windows, since that would
> leave Windows without a leg to stand on.
>
>
>
> Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if necessary
> to accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean installation
> (delete the existing partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then create
> a new one).
>
>
>
> You can find detailed instructions here:
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>
>
>
> However why do you want to do this? In my view, it's almost always a
> mistake. With a modicum of care, it should never be necessary to reinstall
> Windows (XP or any other version). I've run Windows 3.0, 3.1, WFWG 3.11,
> Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows XP, each for the period
> of time before the next version came out, and each on two machines here. I
> never reinstalled any of them, and I have never had anything more than an
> occasional minor problem.
>
>
>
> It's my belief that this mistaken notion stems from the technical support
> people at many of the larger OEMs. Their solution to almost any problem
> they don't quickly know the answer to is "reformat and reinstall." That's
> the perfect solution for them. It gets you off the phone quickly, it
> almost always works, and it doesn't require them to do any real
> troubleshooting (a skill that most of them obviously don't possess in any
> great degree).
>
>
>
> But it leaves you with all the work and all the problems. You have to
> restore all your data backups, you have to reinstall all your programs,
> you have to reinstall all the Windows and application updates,you have to
> locate and install all the needed drivers for your system, you have to
> recustomize Windows and all your apps to work the way you're comfortable
> with.
>
>
>
> Besides all those things being time-consuming and troublesome, you may
> have trouble with some of them: can you find all your application CDs? Can
> you find all the needed installation codes? Do you have data backups to
> restore? Do you even remember all the customizations and tweaks you may
> have installed to make everything work the way you like?
>
>
>
> Occasionally there are problems that are so difficult to solve that
> Windows should be reinstalled cleanly. But they are few and far between;
> reinstallation should not be a substitute for troubleshooting; it should
> be a last resort, to be done only after all other attempts at
> troubleshooting by a qualified person have failed.
>
>
>
> If you have problems, post them here, it's likely that someone can help
> you and a reinstallation won't be required.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
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