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Reformatting Hard Drive
Name: Kari Date: January 13, 2000 at 13:29:18 Pacific
Comment:
I would like to reformat my hard drive. Hoping this will solve many of our problems with this computer.
Name: akuma Date: January 13, 2000 at 21:21:52 Pacific
Reply:
Back up any important files first. Make a boot disk and add format.com(exe), sys.com, fdisk.exe and scandisk.exe if you have it. Boot up with your boot disk (enter your bios and set boot order to A: C:) and at the dos prompt type format c: /s if you get a not enough memory to copy sys files error message just type format c: at the dos prompt followed by sys c: before you begin to add programs run scan disk and check the drive for errors.
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Response Number 2
Name: xzerex Date: January 15, 2000 at 14:52:17 Pacific
Reply:
and don't let yuorself low level formatting an ide. consult your manufacturer
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Response Number 3
Name: Paulo Date: February 17, 2000 at 10:26:13 Pacific
Summary: I'm looking to reformat my hard drive. I used to have step by step but lost them and i cannot find any help online (google, microsoft, dell, ect..) I have a dell xps 400 that came with one disk for th...
Summary: I have an old NEC versa S/33. a while back i decided to reformat it. i tried and it got to 14% and stopped for a while and then said "not ready, format terminated". well now i can't even restart the c...
Summary: I need to perform a complete factory-type reformat on my hard drive. There is supposed to be a Dos command called 'fd del', that can do that. Can anyone send me that file or give me an FTP site for it...
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