Re: General Question

From: Yor Suiris (yor_at_canlightNOThall.net)
Date: 11/05/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:53:48 -0500

To Ron.
Knowing how to do "something so old" is still very useful. Not everything
has a GUI and life in IT is so much easier if you understand command line
syntax. Remember Windows was built on DOS and some of that stuff is still
buried down in there, so knowing DOS can still be a lot of help. 

-- 
Yor Suiris
Remove the kNOT to reply.
But it is best to share it with the group.
"Ron" <jfkfjdsarewureow@ruioewuroiewvkjhdkghdska.com> wrote in message 
news:OQLLS2rwEHA.3624@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> inline...
>
> "Mike Lambert" <mikel@mpmonline.com> wrote in message
> news:10ol3nj7or6jo51@corp.supernews.com...
>>     Ok, I understand most of that, but what do you mean by "run fdisk"?
> How
>> do you do this?  Sorry for any dumb questions.  I'm just starting to 
>> learn
>> about some of this stuff.
>
> FDISK is a DOS command to partition a hard disk. Back in the old days, 
> you'd
> boot to DOS, run FDISK to partition your hard disk they way you want it,
> then run FORMAT to format the partitions (C: D: or E: etc). If you're
> installing XP, everything is done through graphical interface. You won't
> have to deal with commands.
>
>> I was able to get into the setup screen and change the boot order to
>> boot from the CD first.  Then I was able to delete the partitions.
>
> Did you boot off the hard disk before? You then run XP setup from the CD? 
> If
> so, that may be why you can not partition the hard disk because it is 
> being
> accessed.
>
>> But, I
>> would like to know how to remove the partitions using fdisk for future
>> knowledge.
>
> Why would you want to learn something so old such as fdisk? :-) Stick with
> the graphical setup of XP.
>
>>     Thanks a lot for the response!!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>
>

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