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formating c drive
Name: Graham Date: September 9, 2002 at 06:57:21 Pacific OS: winxp pro CPU/Ram: xp1800 512
Comment:
i have been trying to format c drive i have gone into the b i o s for cd rom 1st boot and xp still loads am i doing something wrong? also i have the 6 boot disks and they only re install xp i want to format the drive any ideas thankyou
Name: TracyB99 Date: September 9, 2002 at 07:01:04 Pacific
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Use a Windows 98 start up disk, restart your computer with that in. Get to the a: and format from there. Then install your OS from there. You can get the start up disk from here if you don't have it:
www.bootdisk.com
Good luck!
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Response Number 2
Name: Chucky Date: September 9, 2002 at 07:04:02 Pacific
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Set first boot to cd rom like you did Put the XP Cd-rom into the drive and reboot . Then there will come on the screen if you wanne boot from Cd rom ENTER do that LOL. Else it will boot the second ( C: drive )
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Response Number 3
Name: putera Date: September 11, 2002 at 03:00:43 Pacific
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I wish to format my drive c.How to format it and what should I do after the format.Can I start for using my computer after that.
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