dam winxp

e-ternity · February 10th, 2002

can someone tell me how to format c drive??? i can't get into dos...

Mr Urt · February 10th, 2002

why the heck would u want to format ur hardrive? beings ur online, its obviously working fine now...

**Raziel** · February 10th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by iEvolutions
can someone tell me how to format c drive??? i can't get into dos...

Pretty normal since DOS isn't available under XP.(Why do you need it anyway? It's useless).

**Shiori** · February 10th, 2002

You won't be able to format that even with a DOS bootdisk if it's an NTFS-formatted disk in the first place.

e-ternity · February 10th, 2002

fat32...

use dos to format my comp....

i was gona reformat my comp since it kept freezin n stuff on me....
yea.. it works for now........ so yea.... just want to know...

dam wasted post #100 for this crap.... sux.... o wel... lets jus pretend we don't see the 100

**Raziel** · February 10th, 2002

If you want to format under XP,just boot on you XP cd and you'll have an option that lets you format.

Genius_GZA · February 11th, 2002

Start the computer with system diskette in A: drive then wait and DOS will appear.Then to format FORMAT C: or Quick format FORMAT C: /q!!And that's all

Esturk · February 11th, 2002

Yep you can use a Win98 or WinMe startup disk to format an NTFS drive. But first you have to go into FDISK and delete the Non DOS Partition and make a new FAT32 partition. Only then can you format it.

Mr Urt · February 11th, 2002

had to do that alot lately (unfortunetly), cuz my cpu got messed up with a virus, then I had trouble with installing Win XP. had to rewrite my hd to zeros and repartition it like three times, and all of those I realized I needed to do that stuff after I put all the backup files back on my cpu. ooooooooooohhhhhhhhh! wat a mess!!!:bash:

**Snake785** · February 11th, 2002

My computer is pretty messed. I have been getting blue screens recently with Win2k. Luckily March break is coming about a month and I will have time to redo everything. Then I can make a dual-boot system properly. I might have 3 OS's (Win2k, Win98 and Linux) this time around cause I want to experiment with Linux (and try out epsxe on it to see how it runs

).

Mr Urt · February 11th, 2002

epsxe probably woln't run that well (in coparison to how other progams run on linux, but is still probably better running than on windows), at least not for now cuz they gotta tweak it for linux still.

**Snake785** · February 11th, 2002

Oh well, I always wanted to learn about Linux anyways.

Mr Urt · February 11th, 2002

yea, I'm getting redhat soon, probably next weekend (been waiting for awhile)

e-ternity · February 12th, 2002

k...
this what i did made a startup disk... put the disk in...
the disk was read... i typed format c:
i got bad command.....
typed fdisk
bad command.....

oiy........

win98???
when i use it, it says its not the same version..... since its 98 and i got winXP pro (fat32 drive) whats the diff between fat and ntfs??

[muahahaha emulation freak baby!!

]
oh yeah... ever since i downloaded some stuff off direct connect, comps been restarting n freezing... and also it won't let me use any new plugins.... same happened when i had another virus before... couldn't use kazzuya before....

**Snake785** · February 12th, 2002

That's odd. Are you sure you created the win98 startup disk correctly? I have Windows 2000 and I am able to use my win98 boot up disk with no problems! Win2k shouldn't be that different from XP so it should work. How did you create the startup disk anyway? Maybe you didn't create it properly

**Demigod** · February 13th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by iEvolutions
k...
this what i did made a startup disk... put the disk in...
the disk was read... i typed format c:
i got bad command.....
typed fdisk
bad command.....

oiy........

win98???
when i use it, it says its not the same version..... since its 98 and i got winXP pro (fat32 drive) whats the diff between fat and ntfs??

Maybe the disk was created improperly or there's something wrong with it. You should probably try making it again. I have Windows XP Pro and Windows 98 on my FAT32 drive and I can use the boot-disk just fine.

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FAT(16) - Based around DOS. Can only address up to 2 GB of space. Uses 16 KB file clusters. No security features.

FAT32 - Enhanced version of FAT. Can support large hard drives. Uses 4 KB file clusters, but has to increase the cluster size every 8 GB (1-8 GB = 4 KB, 9-16 GB = 16 KB, etc.). No security features.

NTFS - Native Windows NT file system. Can support large hard drives. Uses 4 KB file clusters, regardless of drive size. Has full security features. Has compression and encryption support.

e-ternity · February 13th, 2002

ok i'm back!
stupid BIO...
stupid me....
all i had to change was boot sequence...
how stupid of me....... right? right....

anyways i my system's on NTFS... so how's this different from fat32 besides the fact that ntfs is more secured them fat32....

February 10th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
e-ternity ... Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: bc, canada Posts: 499	dam winxp can someone tell me how to format c drive??? i can't get into dos... __________________ Main: a7n8x dlx / athlonXP 2100 / (1)pc2700 512mb/ seagate 80gb/ ati 8500le 64mb.... now ati 9600xt 128mb YAY

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Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,116	You won't be able to format that even with a DOS bootdisk if it's an NTFS-formatted disk in the first place. __________________ "...And when I finally meet you again, I want to ask you - have you found what you were looking for? Because that's what I felt you were doing, all these years. And I want to hear you answer, "Yes, I have, thank you for asking," and we'll be together again, until the end of our days..."

February 10th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
e-ternity ... Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: bc, canada Posts: 499	fat32... use dos to format my comp.... i was gona reformat my comp since it kept freezin n stuff on me.... yea.. it works for now........ so yea.... just want to know... dam wasted post #100 for this crap.... sux.... o wel... lets jus pretend we don't see the 100 __________________ Main: a7n8x dlx / athlonXP 2100 / (1)pc2700 512mb/ seagate 80gb/ ati 8500le 64mb.... now ati 9600xt 128mb YAY Last edited by iEvolutions; February 10th, 2002 at 22:46.

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Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,150	If you want to format under XP,just boot on you XP cd and you'll have an option that lets you format. __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @4GHz Video Card: MSI GeForce 8800 GTX Motherboard: ASUS Maximus Formula SE RAM: 4GB OCZ XMS2 PC6400 Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

February 11th, 2002	#7 (permalink)
Genius_GZA GameCube Player! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Shaolin Temple , The Tibet Mountains Posts: 1,187	Start the computer with system diskette in A: drive then wait and DOS will appear.Then to format FORMAT C: or Quick format FORMAT C: /q!!And that's all __________________ My Specs: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600@3.0GHz, GeForce 8800GTS 512MB[ForceWare 178.13], 4GB DDR2 5300 RAM, Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 HiFi, Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3

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Mr Urt gone postal Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,569	why the heck would u want to format ur hardrive? beings ur online, its obviously working fine now...

February 11th, 2002	#8 (permalink)
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,957	Yep you can use a Win98 or WinMe startup disk to format an NTFS drive. But first you have to go into FDISK and delete the Non DOS Partition and make a new FAT32 partition. Only then can you format it. __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 6MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5Q Deluxe, Intel P45 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

February 11th, 2002	#9 (permalink)
Mr Urt gone postal Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,569	had to do that alot lately (unfortunetly), cuz my cpu got messed up with a virus, then I had trouble with installing Win XP. had to rewrite my hd to zeros and repartition it like three times, and all of those I realized I needed to do that stuff after I put all the backup files back on my cpu. ooooooooooohhhhhhhhh! wat a mess!!!:bash:

February 11th, 2002	#10 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	My computer is pretty messed. I have been getting blue screens recently with Win2k. Luckily March break is coming about a month and I will have time to redo everything. Then I can make a dual-boot system properly. I might have 3 OS's (Win2k, Win98 and Linux) this time around cause I want to experiment with Linux (and try out epsxe on it to see how it runs ). Last edited by Snake785; February 11th, 2002 at 21:08.

February 11th, 2002	#11 (permalink)
Mr Urt gone postal Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,569	epsxe probably woln't run that well (in coparison to how other progams run on linux, but is still probably better running than on windows), at least not for now cuz they gotta tweak it for linux still.

February 11th, 2002	#12 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	Oh well, I always wanted to learn about Linux anyways.

February 11th, 2002	#13 (permalink)
Mr Urt gone postal Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,569	yea, I'm getting redhat soon, probably next weekend (been waiting for awhile)

February 12th, 2002	#14 (permalink)
e-ternity ... Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: bc, canada Posts: 499	k... this what i did made a startup disk... put the disk in... the disk was read... i typed format c: i got bad command..... typed fdisk bad command..... oiy........ win98??? when i use it, it says its not the same version..... since its 98 and i got winXP pro (fat32 drive) whats the diff between fat and ntfs?? [muahahaha emulation freak baby!! ] oh yeah... ever since i downloaded some stuff off direct connect, comps been restarting n freezing... and also it won't let me use any new plugins.... same happened when i had another virus before... couldn't use kazzuya before.... __________________ Main: a7n8x dlx / athlonXP 2100 / (1)pc2700 512mb/ seagate 80gb/ ati 8500le 64mb.... now ati 9600xt 128mb YAY Last edited by iEvolutions; February 12th, 2002 at 03:01.

February 12th, 2002	#15 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	That's odd. Are you sure you created the win98 startup disk correctly? I have Windows 2000 and I am able to use my win98 boot up disk with no problems! Win2k shouldn't be that different from XP so it should work. How did you create the startup disk anyway? Maybe you didn't create it properly

February 13th, 2002	#17 (permalink)
e-ternity ... Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: bc, canada Posts: 499	ok i'm back! stupid BIO... stupid me.... all i had to change was boot sequence... how stupid of me....... right? right.... anyways i my system's on NTFS... so how's this different from fat32 besides the fact that ntfs is more secured them fat32.... __________________ Main: a7n8x dlx / athlonXP 2100 / (1)pc2700 512mb/ seagate 80gb/ ati 8500le 64mb.... now ati 9600xt 128mb YAY

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