Re: Reformat C when XP is already installed


Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\) Wrote:
> PCDaddy
>
> The OP needed info on how to clean install, and your reply did not
> answer
> the OP's question very clearly.. Pegasus corrected you quite nicely,
> and yet
> you took offence, considering that you had been 'stomped'.. c'est la
> vie..
> c'est la guerre..
>
> Re. you last 'shot'..
>
> I would agree that 99% of corporate machines are formatted NTFS, but
> this is
> not true of 'home' machines necessarily.. Quote from you "Your drive
> should
> already be formatted to
> ntfs...... ", an assumption at best, and then you continued with the
> obvious
> "and doing a clean install would be the way to go.", the OP already
> having
> stated the requirement to start over..
>
> In you first answer, there was no mention of rebooting.. quote from you
> "Put
> the xp cd in, tap the f8 key and you should get to the options."
>
>
> Quoting from you again.. " Put the xp cd in, tap the f8 key and you
> should
> get to the options. You can do a repair or reinstall.".. if this isn't
> a
> suggestion that a repair install can be executed by tapping F8, then I
> don't
> know what is..
>
>
> If you have been in support for a while, especially home users, you
> will
> know that many try to format from the Command Prompt in Windows XP..
> this
> may be regarded as an assumption in 'all' cases, but very close to what
> happens most times.. you see it posted in this newsgroup quite often..
> so
> your " But...you might have other issues with your hard drive as well."
> had
> some truth in it.. reading between the lines and knowing that many try
> to
> format c: from within the OS, you wouldn't really have to ask for
> more..
> however, there is nothing like getting confirmation, I guess..
>
> The OP did not initially state whether the cd being used was OEM MS or
> a
> vendor recovery type.. in the case of the latter, I believe that F10 is
> the
> key of preference..
>
> Your use of the term 'ego maniac' suggests to me (and others, it would
> seem)
> that you do not like to be corrected, yet that is how we all learn..
> further
> statements like "He sugar coated my answer to sound (techy) and then
> proceeded to make nonexistant corrections." re-inforce the belief that
> you
> do not take kindly to what essentially was constructive criticism.. I
> am
> always grateful for corrections to anything that I have stated, as it
> is not
> my intention to deliberately mislead anybody.. I keep notes in MS
> OneNote
> and adjust any pre-written text accordingly..
>
> Maybe you should consider something similar..
>
>
> --
> Mike Hall
> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
> "If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have
> kept
> it all to themselves." - Lane Kirkland
>
>
> >> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > --
> > PCDaddyPosted from http://www.pcreview.co.uk/ newsgroup access
> >

First off i would like to say, even though you don't agree with me you
at least sound civil about it. Thank you. Like I said before, the
person just wanted to be reinformed how to format c and i just gave him
the very basics to refresh his memory. My answer wasn't intended to be
long or technical. I don't know where this "there is no reboot in my
sentence comes from" honestly, this is my original post, no changes. I
copied and pasted it directly to here....

Put the xp cd in, reboot, 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.


I admit i should have put an or after the reboot. I made short
statements to basic options is all. I can take criticism but i have
another post running around where people twisted everything i wrote
around like they never even read it and everyone seemed to jump in. I
admit i could be a bit more specific and separative but some people
just like to jump on the band wagon simply to beat down someone else,
that's what i don't like. I will even go as far to say i was a bit more
defensive to pegasus due to this. Like rich urban or whatever, just
likes to jump in to put his two cents in telling people to apologize?
Or his post to everyone as to what he expects of peole who post
questions? People like that hit a nerve. When you think you are that
grand, you should look back and remember, this is a public site, not
Richard's review. Once again defensive against pegasus in part from
things like this. I will apologize to pegasus if he truly didn't mean
to railroad my answer but understand, after so many do it, just to do
it, one gets defensive. I don't like to argue and this is a pc site not
oprah. So i will quit this childish crap and move on.


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PCDaddyPosted from http://www.pcreview.co.uk/ newsgroup access

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