Re: Reformat C when XP is already installed


Richard Urban Wrote:
> You have to understand this. If anyone gives a wrong, or ambiguous
> answer -
> they are likely to be challenged.
>
> How would you like it if you did something based upon what you read
> here -
> and it trashed your system? Would you be happy if the guy who you
> listened
> to had an attitude after others told him he was wrong?
>
> It is more important to give a correct answer than it is to ask a
> proper
> question! Granted, your answer was not incorrect - just incomplete, and
> I
> therefore apologize for pointing out the inadequacies of the answer.
>
> --
> 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:coadnU2enfdxCzLfRVn_vg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > --
> > PCDaddyPosted from http://www.pcreview.co.uk/ newsgroup access
> >


I prefer peace over war and therefore apologize as well. I'm sure some
understand that there are many who simply like to join in on a "post"
attack and not simply to give advice or to nicely point out a problem.
I will not assume otherwise unless it is quite clear someone is just
being a jerk. I would gratefully take criticism and please continue to
do so. Looking back, i shouldn't have assumed pegasus was just doing
this to do it.


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

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