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Name: David
Date: February 12, 2002 at 18:39:00 Pacific
Comment:

Can someone tell me how to fully reformat my harddrive using Windows ME. I need all the information step by step.



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Response Number 1
Name: Col.
Date: February 12, 2002 at 19:59:29 Pacific
Reply:

Hi,
It depends..
Have you made a back up disk ??
Do you have all Drivers ??
Do you have a windows disk ??
Or a factory disk.. (Hewlett etc)
If you want to fully format, and you have
everything you need..
Insert back up disk..Reboot.
Wait til it loads..
When alls quiet..
Type Format C: Or whatever youre hard drive
is named.. Itll take a while !!
Install Your disk.. follow instructions..
OR.. From desktop.. If you have factory disc.. Follow instructions from there.
Shut me up or down. May be able to guide you further..
Hi SMUOD. respect. Col


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Response Number 2
Name: I'll Try
Date: February 12, 2002 at 20:11:49 Pacific
Reply:

This might help
Good Luck


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Response Number 3
Name: ShutMeUpOrDown:)
Date: February 12, 2002 at 20:25:21 Pacific
Reply:

First of all answer the questions in Col.'s post about drivers and data backups. Formatting will remove everything from your PC and all data will be lost. then....

Heres a link to http://www.windowsreinstall.com

This site has tons of info on formatting and reinstalling various windows operating systems.
If you have an OEM or Off the shelf PC that came with recovery disks click the link titled OEM and see if your system is listed.
If you have a Windows CD click the windows me link. If you have any questions post back.

Hello Col. Ive been looking around the internet and i have decided this site explains the format and reinstall of windows the best. It contains detailed instructions for any edition of the operating system whether its a full version or an upgrade. It even supplies step by step screenshots. Giving the link to this site will save us some typing :).


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Response Number 4
Name: ShutMeUpOrDown:)
Date: February 12, 2002 at 20:28:06 Pacific
Reply:

One more thing... The link "ill, try" left is a good one. That article will help you learn how to use fdisk and format from the windows me startup disk. After reading thru it a while back all my questions about partitioning and formatting were answered.


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Response Number 5
Name: Col
Date: February 12, 2002 at 20:29:00 Pacific
Reply:

Or May confuse !! Col


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Response Number 6
Name: Col
Date: February 12, 2002 at 20:36:53 Pacific
Reply:

Hi shut me up..
Above you can contact me... Please give your
contact details.. Anon in here.. be nice to chat with you... Col.


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Response Number 7
Name: Brant
Date: February 13, 2002 at 09:12:20 Pacific
Reply:

David,
If you don't mind my asking, why is it you want to reformat?


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Response Number 8
Name: Frans
Date: February 13, 2002 at 11:09:48 Pacific
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David this (personal experienced) may help:

http://computing.net/windowsme/wwwboard/forum/19739.html

Good luck.


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Response Number 9
Name: David
Date: February 13, 2002 at 11:51:58 Pacific
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I'v had a virus before and had someone reformat it for fiftey dollars. But now I can get fourty to do my friends!!


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Response Number 10
Name: I'll Try
Date: February 13, 2002 at 22:04:22 Pacific
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You're a sly one David. not :-)


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Response Number 11
Name: ShutMeUpOrDown:)
Date: February 13, 2002 at 22:14:25 Pacific
Reply:

Better not let your friends get wind of computing.net :)


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Response Number 12
Name: arai san
Date: February 14, 2002 at 03:16:03 Pacific
Reply:

Insert cd,boot from cd...
1st pick cdrom support when boot
dos comand, ~~> a:\format c:
click `y`
thats the first...another is fdisk...thats all...


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Response Number 13
Name: Anjela
Date: February 14, 2002 at 15:23:29 Pacific
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arai san i followed your instructions and now by bios is gone. I have a compaq and they said the bios is on my drive but now i formatted it away. can you help me fix it?


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Response Number 14
Name: arai san
Date: February 15, 2002 at 19:20:58 Pacific
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wow, the comand format c: has nothing to do wit formating bios..heh heh(u bluffing)....
U got to hav a softwre to do that...bios is on the MoBo,not the HD Drive...I think what u ment is I formated my OS(operating System) not the bios...


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Response Number 15
Name: me
Date: April 18, 2002 at 12:02:43 Pacific
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i looked at the instructions and tried this method myself, and i typed, Format C:, and it sed "incorrect ms dos version" can ne 1 help?


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