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Name: fallenint
I am trying to format c: as I insalled windows xp, it screwed up. I reinstalled but forgot to delete the old partition and now I can't delete/format it i just get the message windows cannot complete format.
Thank you in advance,
FallenInt
sorry, i forgot to say. The main reason it annoys me is because at start up it shows the sony picture for about 10 seconds then the intel one for the same time. it then goes to a menu where it asks me to choose between win xp pro and win xp pro. Which is very annoying.
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New/Clean Install/Re-Install
1=Set Bios to boot from CD/ROM as first boot device
2=Place the OS/CD in the CD/ROM drive and Re-Boot
3=Watch for the prompt to "press any key to boot from CD/ROM" Press ASAP(Ignore when prompt appears on any reboot)
(You will only get this prompt if there is an XP/OS installed on the HDD)
4=windows Setup (Loads Files)
5=To setup XP now press "enter"
6=Press F8 for license
7=To continue installing a fresh copy of windows without repairing press "ESC"
8=For a new or unpartitioned drive press"C"
9=For a drive that has partitions, operating system or any data on it, you should press "D" to delete the partition and start out with a clean drive.
10=Press "enter"
11=You will be prompted again, press "L"(You will do this for each partition) , Now you are ready to partition and format
12=Press "C"
13=To create a new partition, enter a size below and press "Enter" (Note=You can create more than one partition here or press "Enter" to utilize the entire drive
14=To setup windows on the selected partition press "enter"
15=Select format NTFS with quick option, (Should be the top selection)
16=Press "enter'
17=Wait for format to complete
18=Computer will start copying files to the installation folders (this may take several minutes)
19=Computer will re-boot, do not press any key to boot from CD/ROM when prompted.
20=follow the on-screen instructions to complete loading windows.
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Uh im not going to reformat my whole computer just becasue i cant format one thing. Isnt there a program or something that will force it to be formatted?
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You need to reformat because what you did is install XP twice, and this will create way too many problems to deal with on a dialy basis!
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I have no problems. Only when it starts up it shows 2 things.. All i want is a clean c:/ drive. I have far to much stuff on my computer to reformat.
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ok, I was saying I have no problems with my computer, no unusual slowness nothing. Its just that I can't format c: which is annoying. I'll probably do it through linux boot cd's or something.
Thanks alot.
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