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 Post subject: formatting c: drive
PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:20 am 
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how to format a c: drive( which contains a os) which has NTFS format.


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:21 am 
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it can be done by windows xp sp2 bootable disk...
just change BIOS setting first boot devise to 'CDROM'
n re start ur pc it will go throw a process where u can easily format c:

If you want to format C: drive without any OS disk..its difficult

well but u can do 1 thing..

after starting ur PC, during booting press "F8" ...
a lot of choices will drop down on ur screen..

select "safe mode with DOS-PROMPT" option & press "enter"...

the dos prompt will open, then u type "Format C:" & press "enter"....


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PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:17 am 
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after starting ur PC, during booting press "F8" ...
a lot of choices will drop down on ur screen..

select "safe mode with DOS-PROMPT" option & press "enter"...

the dos prompt will open, then u type "Format C:" & press "enter"....

Do we can format through that? I haven't tried it ever. Anyhow i think we always need a bootable cd to format a drive which has OS files or OS itself.


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Put your Bootable cd in cd room and in bios setting change the first preference of disk to cd room. Now your machine will be booted through XP cd. Follow the instructions and that's it.

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:56 pm 
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There are 3 ways to format your XP DISK in NTFS

1 - Use bootNTFS program to run DOS with ntfs system and format it with 98 SE edition
2 - Inset XP disk and format it
3 - Attach your hard with other computer and manually format it.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:23 pm 
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Drive formate can easily be done without any cd. Just go to command prompt and go to any other drive instead of which you want to formate. For example if you want to formate drive c:/ then write >d: and then on d:\>formate c: enter. That's it.

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Wow thats a good thing to know. Thats why i visit this forum always to learn some new things and this will happend because of all of you to share the great knowledge and helping others anytime.


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:51 am 
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erick_ny wrote:
Drive formate can easily be done without any cd. Just go to command prompt and go to any other drive instead of which you want to formate. For example if you want to formate drive c:/ then write >d: and then on d:\>formate c: enter. That's it.


First, that is d:\>format c:, and not d:\>formate c:, secondly it is better to start command prompt by pressing F8 on the start of computer and then use format command, instead of using format command in windows command prompt.


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i feel like formatting cold be done with a bootable disk even a floppy or a bootable OS CD either linux or XP or 98

or even with some motherboard Disks.


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:15 am 
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Formatting erases any existing files on a hard disk. If you format a hard disk that has files on it, the files will be deleted.


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