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8 Dec 2002, 20:10
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Oh Canada!
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k...I'm gonna sound like a total n00b...but oh well
now, I know this should prolly be posted elsewhere....but no one reads 'elsewhere' so I'm posting it here.
here comes the n00bish in me.......
I have Windows XP....how do I format?
Don't laugh...be helpful, thanks
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If I could be a bird, I'd be a Flying Purple People Eater because then people would sing about me and I could fly down and eat them because I hate that song.
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8 Dec 2002, 20:13
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Rawr rawr
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*sigh*
1) make bootdisk
2) boot from bootdisk
3) in DOS type: "format <drive letter (C: for example)>"
4) wait for it to finish
5) repeat steps 3 and 4 untill all drives have been formatted
6) Profit
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8 Dec 2002, 20:16
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Oh Canada!
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Quote:
Originally posted by Structural Integrity
*sigh*
1) make bootdisk
2) boot from bootdisk
3) in DOS type: "format <drive letter (C: for example)>"
4) wait for it to finish
5) repeat steps 3 and 4 untill all drives have been formatted
6) Profit
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Thank you sir...now, I shall spend the next few hours backing up files and then format...with any luck I'll be back tonight sometime
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If I could be a bird, I'd be a Flying Purple People Eater because then people would sing about me and I could fly down and eat them because I hate that song.
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8 Dec 2002, 20:16
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Registered User
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get hold of a win98 bootdisk to boot into dos
winxp boot disks just boot the operating system and not into dos
(that's what i found anyway)
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8 Dec 2002, 20:35
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Registered User
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8 Dec 2002, 20:38
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Registered User
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nod doesn't a magnet just erase all the data?
or do these new-fangled magnets come with the ability to set hard drives to FAT32 or whatever? ;p
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8 Dec 2002, 20:38
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Registered User
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ragnarak
nod doesn't a magnet just erase all the data?
or do these new-fangled magnets come with the ability to set hard drives to FAT32 or whatever? ;p
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We will destroy it all, and on the ruins we will build our temple.
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8 Dec 2002, 20:40
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Rawr rawr
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HO HO HO!!!!
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8 Dec 2002, 20:44
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Guest
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Quote:
Originally posted by Nodrog
We will destroy it all, and on the ruins we will build our temple.
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My body is a temple.
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8 Dec 2002, 21:10
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Queen of England
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you can just insert the cd of the os and delete the partitions..
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9 Dec 2002, 00:46
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Oh Canada!
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HO HO HO!!!!!
after a few hours of good clean fun...I am back in business with fresh new copy of XP
still gotta reinstall just about everything tho (ICQ, mIRC, etc, etc, etc..) but hey...it's sunday night, what else is there to do right?
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If I could be a bird, I'd be a Flying Purple People Eater because then people would sing about me and I could fly down and eat them because I hate that song.
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9 Dec 2002, 01:04
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Quote:
Originally posted by Dilly_D
but hey...it's sunday night, what else is there to do right?
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Sleep.
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9 Dec 2002, 01:06
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Oh Canada!
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Quote:
Originally posted by Helveticus
Sleep.
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ya...but not at 7pm :\
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If I could be a bird, I'd be a Flying Purple People Eater because then people would sing about me and I could fly down and eat them because I hate that song.
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9 Dec 2002, 02:14
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I AM OSCAR WILDE
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www.bootdisk.com is your effendi, comrade
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9 Dec 2002, 03:03
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easier way:
1.) Set cmos to boot from cd
2.) boot from win xp cd
3.) follow directions to format and install on that partition
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9 Dec 2002, 05:20
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Gimp Handler
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Quote:
Originally posted by Structural Integrity
*sigh*
1) make bootdisk
2) boot from bootdisk
3) in DOS type: "format <drive letter (C: for example)>"
4) wait for it to finish
5) repeat steps 3 and 4 untill all drives have been formatted
6) Profit
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a lot easier to make a xp boot cd with nero, it's not only faster but i've found a boot disk is more easily susceptible to becomign corrupt
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<[RO]NightSinner> lithuania all share one IP address as well i reckon
<Blue|WORKING> hmmm
<Blue|WORKING> NS
<Blue|WORKING> they are all sitting on a LAN
<Blue|WORKING> DUH
<[RO]NightSinner> hehe
<[RO]NightSinner> my mistake
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9 Dec 2002, 05:23
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Gimp Handler
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Quote:
Originally posted by Natfly
easier way:
1.) Set cmos to boot from cd
2.) boot from win xp cd
3.) follow directions to format and install on that partition
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once again this will only work if it is a boot cd and not if it is just a upgrade xp cd or anyother version
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<[RO]NightSinner> lithuania all share one IP address as well i reckon
<Blue|WORKING> hmmm
<Blue|WORKING> NS
<Blue|WORKING> they are all sitting on a LAN
<Blue|WORKING> DUH
<[RO]NightSinner> hehe
<[RO]NightSinner> my mistake
<TomKat> Lithuanian Area Network
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9 Dec 2002, 08:56
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Quote:
Originally posted by NightSinner
once again this will only work if it is a boot cd and not if it is just a upgrade xp cd or anyother version
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What other versions are there? There's standard XP Home/Pro which will boot from cd, and then upgrade cds (with which personally i have no experience) which won't boot. Also, if you are upgrading from 98SE or ME the CDs should also be bootable.
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9 Dec 2002, 12:48
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It was a Stupid Dream
Join Date: Jun 2002
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Quote:
Originally posted by Natfly
What other versions are there? There's standard XP Home/Pro which will boot from cd, and then upgrade cds (with which personally i have no experience) which won't boot. Also, if you are upgrading from 98SE or ME the CDs should also be bootable.
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Win XP Upgrade CD is bootable
it asks for a 98/2000/me CD before installation
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9 Dec 2002, 14:49
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Banned
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Quote:
Originally posted by Dilly_D
ya...but not at 7pm :\
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Drink
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9 Dec 2002, 17:03
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Gimp Handler
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Quote:
Originally posted by Starbucks
Win XP Upgrade CD is bootable
it asks for a 98/2000/me CD before installation
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hmm dunno bout that but then again i suppose i got the "non-retail" version so i could be wrong but as said if u have no os at all and u've formated ure hd u can't boot from the xp cd alone unless it is bootable.....or maybe i dunno what the feck i'm talking about
/me sits in the corner and plays with a fork
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<[RO]NightSinner> lithuania all share one IP address as well i reckon
<Blue|WORKING> hmmm
<Blue|WORKING> NS
<Blue|WORKING> they are all sitting on a LAN
<Blue|WORKING> DUH
<[RO]NightSinner> hehe
<[RO]NightSinner> my mistake
<TomKat> Lithuanian Area Network
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10 Dec 2002, 12:23
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Forever Delayed
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A Win98 bootdisk is a useful piece of kit to keep around, for those days when it all goes FUBAR
M.
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11 Dec 2002, 14:20
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Gimp Handler
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Quote:
Originally posted by Mong
A Win98 bootdisk is a useful piece of kit to keep around, for those days when it all goes FUBAR
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no good if u have a hd that is over 40 GB both 98 and ME can't recognise 40gb and over due to a bug in fdisk. Only 2000 and XP will recognise hd's over 40gb
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<[RO]NightSinner> lithuania all share one IP address as well i reckon
<Blue|WORKING> hmmm
<Blue|WORKING> NS
<Blue|WORKING> they are all sitting on a LAN
<Blue|WORKING> DUH
<[RO]NightSinner> hehe
<[RO]NightSinner> my mistake
<TomKat> Lithuanian Area Network
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11 Dec 2002, 14:35
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Rawr rawr
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Quote:
Originally posted by NightSinner
no good if u have a hd that is over 40 GB both 98 and ME can't recognise 40gb and over due to a bug in fdisk. Only 2000 and XP will recognise hd's over 40gb
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heh heh.... is Fdisk a product from microsoft?
I remember a quote from Bill Gates:
"640 Kilobytes of computer memory ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981
I wonder if he had the same thoughts about harddisks when he told people to make fdisk
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11 Dec 2002, 17:47
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Heh, Leeds !
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Quote:
Originally posted by Mong
A Win98 bootdisk is a useful piece of kit to keep around, for those days when it all goes FUBAR
M.
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I often experience the delights of playing 'where da fook did I put that damn bootdisk now?'
Vaio
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11 Dec 2002, 20:06
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Not a Cow
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The bootdisk is the only decent bit of Win98
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