Re: Reformat C when XP is already installed

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. We ALL get corrected.
Some just take it with more grace than others.

Maybe a "Sorry! You are correct!" would be appropriate here!

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Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"PCDaddy" <PCDaddy.1qkve2@> wrote in message
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>
> Pegasus \(MVP\) Wrote:
>> "PCDaddy" wrote in message
>> news:8YGdnU0H4ulRsDDfRVn_vg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >
>> > Pegasus \(MVP\) Wrote:
>> > > You probably meant to write "Put the WinXP CD in, then
>> > > boot from this CD and allow the disk to be formatted when
>> > > given the opportunity". Pressing F8 is used to select the
>> > > various boot options when Windows is still more or less
>> > > operative. It cannot be used to start a repair process.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > "PCDaddy" wrote in message
>> > > news:TqOdnaoFs_00mzDfRVn_vg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > >
>> > > > Put the xp cd in, tap the f8 key and you should get to the
>> options.
>> > > You
>> > > > can do a repair or reinstall. Your drive should already be
>> formatted
>> > > to
>> > > > ntfs and doing a clean install would be the way to go. But...you
>> > > might
>> > > > have other issues with your hard drive as well. What do you mean
>> > > > windows won't let you? just a bit more specific please.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > --
>> > > > PCDaddyPosted from http://www.pcreview.co.uk/ newsgroup access
>> > > >
>> >
>> > i agree that i flubbed the first sentence, it should have read...Put
>> > the xp cd in, reboot or tap f8 to go to other options. I never said
>> > repair from f8, i simply meant you can do a repair or reinstall. just
>> > like it said. Since this person was already familiar with this but
>> > needed a quick reminder, i gave just that. Also this person wasn't
>> very
>> > specific about why winxp won't allow him\her to reformat, so i won't
>> > waste time on specifics until i know more. Also, some people's posts
>> go
>> > unanswered, and i give it my best guess until i know some ego maniac
>> > will come along and try to correct me. But at least i know their post
>> > might get answered then.
>>
>> You call it "ego-maniac". I call it peer review. It's the process
>> that ensures that errors and oversights are corrected before they
>> can cause too much confusion. My own replies have often been
>> subject to this process, and I was glad about each and every one
>> of them.
>
> You misunderstand. I was not referring to you as the ego maniac because
> of the first line error, but you assume my whole answer must be bogus
> due to a mistake.You found a mistake in my first sentence but assumed a
> couple of others that were not. I admitted my first error, i have no
> problem with that. I err all the time. But i feel you were a bit hasty
> on the rest.
>
>
> --
> PCDaddyPosted from http://www.pcreview.co.uk/ newsgroup access
>


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