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XP FORMAT!!
Name: Norman Date: February 5, 2002 at 19:44:41 Pacific
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I am currently running XP pro on a NTFS HD. Is it possible for me to format my HD, and if so, how? thanks
Name: Ahmad Sandouka Date: February 5, 2002 at 20:05:44 Pacific
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I tried the following: format c: format c:/s format c:/q fdisk and non of them worked. Thank you for your time
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Response Number 2
Name: Ger Date: February 5, 2002 at 21:01:39 Pacific
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This excellent site shows how to use the Recovery Console and what commands to use: http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
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Response Number 3
Name: fred Date: February 5, 2002 at 23:39:40 Pacific
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download a 9x bootdisk from bootdisk.com, boot from it, then type " format /u c: " minus the " " it is not possible to format drive c: from within any windows pc, how can you format the drive that contains the command ?
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Response Number 4
Name: manks Date: February 6, 2002 at 01:25:01 Pacific
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of course it's possible to format the c: drive even if it contains the format command. when starting format.exe it loads into memory and then stays there until your computer is restarted. but in win xp it's not possible, cause this OS is not dos-based and doesn't contain the command line.
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Response Number 5
Name: fred Date: February 6, 2002 at 08:16:33 Pacific
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windows won't allow you to deleted itself from within itself
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Response Number 6
Name: Ger Date: February 6, 2002 at 10:49:02 Pacific
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You run the recovery console with the XP cd! The commands to format the drive are on the cd. It's no different than using a dos floppy to format Windows 98 or Me except that you are using the cd to get to the command line. It's not that complicated. With NTFS there is no dos available for formatting as dos can't see NTFS partitions.
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Response Number 7
Name: oskar Date: February 7, 2002 at 04:12:57 Pacific
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unfortuneley i have to tell you that they are right. you cant format your primary partition, but not because there ainīt no format program, but because there is a anti self destruct function in XP.
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