RE: Re-formatting drive containing system files from WIN XP PRO
From: BAR (BAR_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/25/04
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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 15:33:07 -0700
Click Start> Run>
type in 'compmgmt.msc'
click OK
Clcik on Disk Management
right click on the Drive and choose Format
"Tim" wrote:
> I have a home computer whose boot drive has crashed. I
> had the drive backed up on a slave from which I have
> restored to most of the data to a newly purchased boot
> drive. I'd like to reformat the slave and use it for
> backup. I have deleted all the data on the 120GB drive
> and from Windows XP Professional, no files appear.
> But "Properties" indicates that 9.39GB of this drive is
> occupied with files.
> From the command prompt, I have done a "dir/s" and find
> thousands of system files that don't appear in
> Windows....mostly numbered .dll and .exe files. I have
> attempted to format this slave from Windows, but Windows
> refuses to format a drive that contains system files. How
> do I format this drive from either the command prompt or
> Windows XP Professional since a search of the new boot
> drive finds no FDISK.EXE? Life is never simple.....
>
>
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