Re: Format C: on Dell W2003 Server

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In news:C9701A6B-FDDA-4B2B-B348-455FA6FB0443@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
BrianG <BrianG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I have a Dell Server with two physical IDE drives. Disk 0 has C:\ and
> E:\ partition. Disk 1 has D:\ partition. I am having problems with
> the box . My research points to a reload of Windows OS. When I
> reboot from the Dell Restore CD it immediately goes into SETUP. If I
> continue the setup, it just loads another copy of Windows such that I
> had a
> D:\Windows, e:\Windows, and a c:\windows.0 . I want C:\Windows. My
> guess is to format C:\ and start over. I can't figure out how to
> boot from the Dell W2003 CD to a command prompt to format C:\ . Or
> how to use the other tools at my disposal.
>
> What's the best way to format c:\?
> 1. Let it boot up on the c:\Windows.0 . Copy "format.exe" to the D:\
> drive. Go to command prompt. Change to D:\. D:\format c:\ /fs:ntfs
> /v:root.
> 2. Boot from a W2000 Pro cd that will allows me to get to a command
> prompt. I may have the same problem there?
> 3. Make a bootdisk from a WXP desktop C:\bootdisk\makeboot a:
> 4. Any other methods?
>
> I apologize if I am making this too complicated. I don't travel this
> road much.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian

Here's a handy app for DOS NTFS support:

NTFS4DOS:
http://www.datapol-technologies.com/dpe/recovery/ntfs/index.html

That should get you moving in the right direction with your formatting
problem.

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes


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