Re: Reformat C when XP is already installed


Richard Urban Wrote:
> For the love of.....!!!
>
> From your post, split apart for clarity!
>
> 1. Put the xp cd in, tap the f8 key and you should get to the options.
>
> 100% correct
>
>
> 2. You can do a repair or reinstall.
>
> Not from the menu you arrive at when you tap F8
>
>
> 3. Your drive should already be formatted to ntfs
>
> Why would you think that? The O/P said nothing about the way his hard
> drive
> was formatted. A great assumption on your part.
>
>
> 4. and doing a clean install would be the way to go.
>
> Maybe yes - maybe no, but he is not going to be able to do it from the
> F8
> menu!
>
>
> 5. But...you might have other issues with your hard drive as well.
>
> Correct, he may have!
>
>
> 6. What do you mean windows won't let you? just a bit more specific
> please.
>
> You can't format the Windows partition or drive while you are booted up
> into
> Windows. That is why Windows won't let him!
>
>
> So, you see - the O/P would never would have had a chance to install
> clean,
> or reinstall, his operating system based upon your instruction to "tap
> the
> f8 key" to get into options.
>
> Whether it was just an omission on your part or ignorance, I don't know
> - or
> really care. The fact is that your answer was WRONG! Admit the fact and
> get
> on with your life.
>
>
>
>
> --
> 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" wrote in message
> news:HrSdnVY5-N8C9jPfRVn_vg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Richard Urban Wrote:
> >> 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!
> >>
> >> --
> >> 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" wrote in message
> >> news:ZcCdndH1kKWsTzDfRVn_vg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >
> >> > 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
> >> >
> >
> > Peer review and stomping on someones answer is two different things.
> If
> > he would have said, you should have put (or), just letting you know,
> no
> > offense, whatever. But if you would have read carefully, you would
> have
> > seen that comments were made that i never said. Like doing a repair
> from
> > f8. Read his answer to mine carefully and you might see that. The
> person
> > who originally posted this got the point. He sugar coated my answer
> to
> > sound (techy) and then proceeded to make nonexistant corrections. And
> > who are YOU to tell anyone to apologize?? Maybe i should get one for
> > being OVER corrected? I missed putting the word (or) in, that's all i
> > did. I was told what i meant to write which was all rewritten, not
> just
> > corrected. I wrote it the way i wanted and if you can't accept that
> then
> > you get out of the "kitchen". To tell someone they should have
> written
> > their whole answer in someone elses way IS having to do with ego.
> >
> >
> > --
> > PCDaddyPosted from http://www.pcreview.co.uk/ newsgroup access
> >

Would you please mind your own business?????? You pompous jerk! The
person just wanted to be refreshed on what options he\she had! Don't
you get it???? 99% of winxp partitions are NTFS!!! If you READ the
#%$&^&!! post right i have put in cd, REBOOT!!!! This is what i mean,
if you correct someone,,, do it right!!! ONCE AGAIN...I never said you
could do a repair from tapping F8!!!!!! Windows might not have let them
reformat when booting from cd!!!! Once again YOU assume they did it from
winxp desktop!!And actually in an OEM, you DO have to tap F8 to get to
fresh install or repair!! And Guess what,,,I have XPpro, not oem, I set
to boot from cd and all it did was go to windows!! I tapped F8 and got
to the repair console and fresh install\format options!! You think
maybe this person has the same problem as they stated??? Why do i
bother? You'll just read it wrong again and post something else! read
the users reply!


"F8" .... THAT'S IT!!! Just couldn't remember that. I kept thinking F8
was
for getting into Safe Mode but forgot that if you do it during a CD
boot with
the Windows CD you can get into the Setup. What I wanted to do was
reformat
C and start over but when I just booted from the XP CD, it just
launched
Windows. I forgot about the F8 Key.


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