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can't format
Name: Richard Date: December 31, 2000 at 09:24:40 Pacific
Comment:
I am currently using windows 98 on my computer, and I'm giving it to one of my friends. However after I formatted my drive and restarted the machine, my old contents were still there. I have tried fdisk, and format C: but it still won't work. Can anyone help me?
Name: DDB Date: January 1, 2001 at 07:14:17 Pacific
Reply:
Let me get this straight - you fdisked ALL the partitions, then FORMATTED the drive AND THE DATA IS STILL THERE?!?! HUH?
When you delete a partition with fdisk, everything on that partition is DELETED as well (hence the deletion confirmation prompt). Also, formatting will destroy all data on a HD. There is no way any data can survive both fdisking and formatting!
I think that you either missed some partitions and/or since you only formatted C:, some data might have been missed!
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Response Number 2
Name: DDB Date: January 1, 2001 at 07:27:10 Pacific
Reply:
Have you tried this?
Saw this on the 98 board (thanks Brian!):
Name: Brian Date: January 01, 2001 at 06:19:49 Pacific Subject: WRITE PROTECT ON HD, BIOS PROB ?
Reply: I've written this before...but i have Win 95. But when i have to format my HD,i have to go to the C:\ in dos and type LOCK and hit Enter answer Y. Windows locks out certain files that you can not delete unless you type this command. Let me know if this works on Win 98...thanks."
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