Formating

[Sacrifice]

Im trying to format but how?! i tried right clicking c drive and click format but that says im using the c drive right now... also im trying to boot from my windows xp cd but i cant get into my BIOS (dont know why) cuz whenever i dont know when to press delete... ( i dont know because that black screen with all that stuff saying "press delete to enter BIOS" does show up anymore ) Some please help me as i really need to format!

[Nitro]

try to press F8 or F10 when your comp starts up :thumbs:

[Sacrifice]

but when?! on the loading screen where it show that little blue bar?

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ok i think i found the bios... but where does it say boot on cd? all i can find is safe mode boot and other crap =/

[Sacrifice]

ok ii think i found out how to boot on startup... (maybe not) but when i try to delete my c drive partition to install my new windows it says that temporary setup files are in there so i cant delete the partition. Please help!!

[Sacrifice]

ok i just realized that i still didnt figure out how to startup from disk instead of hard drive... where is the option in bios to do that?!

[Sacrifice]

now theres a bigger problem.. i found out my boot sequence was right the whole time and it was TRYING to boot from the cd. but its not booting =/ . I need help! (especially from bigd , i know hes the comp genius :P )

[<<Hybrid>>]

you need windows startup disk, you cant install it on winXP
get somewhere win98 or winME, go to control panel/add&#092;remove programs/startup
install it
reboot pc and insert floppy, it will load DOS automaticly
then type in FORMAT C:&#092;
and confirm with Y
thats all.
btw dont forget to install windows if you formated C drive
remember that C:&#092; is hard drive, there can be D:&#092; E:&#092; etc
older systems requires command SYS C:&#092;, but i think you can avoid it...

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

When you boot from the Windows XP CD, it displays a message requesting you hit any key to boot from the CD or it times out and does a normal HD boot. Did you see this message?

[Fantum309]

installing XP or reformatting a hard drive, I always use a 98 boot disk.

- I load the disk, restart the system,

- windows 98 starts, then I hit "Fdisk" and then answer yes to format.

- it asks if you are sure you want to completly erase your hard drive, and answer yes

- install your XP disc and then it should start installing after the boot disk is done formatting.

works everytime.

Pay attention to the questions about partitions. If you have a partition and want to leave it, be careful how you answer the prompts.

good luck. :thumbs:

And a word of advice, before you configure your system to go online, get some type of anti-virus in your system. Those damn viruses can get in there before you get all the patches from Microsoft.

[Sacrifice]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS Behind You?@Apr 28 2004, 10:15 AM
When you boot from the Windows XP CD, it displays a message requesting you hit any key to boot from the CD or it times out and does a normal HD boot. Did you see this message?
yeh i saw that message.. and for fantum i dont have a windows 98 :(

[Sacrifice]

Originally posted by <<Hybrid>>@Apr 28 2004, 02:59 AM
you need windows startup disk, you cant install it on winXP
get somewhere win98 or winME, go to control panel/add&#092;remove programs/startup
install it
reboot pc and insert floppy, it will load DOS automaticly
then type in FORMAT C:&#092;
and confirm with Y
thats all.
btw dont forget to install windows if you formated C drive
remember that C:&#092; is hard drive, there can be D:&#092; E:&#092; etc
older systems requires command SYS C:&#092;, but i think you can avoid it...
what floppy? and i cant find startup in add/remove programs =/

[FUS1ON]

Boot disk (http://www.drd.dyndns.org/index2.html)

[Slice]

Sounds like you have 2 partitions to me. What type of computer do you have? Is it a HP? HP&#39;s ship their systems with the restore information on the second partition thus doing away with the so called "restore" discs that used to come with name brand computers.

[<<Hybrid>>]

2 partitions thats ok, i think is no big deal. you can copy windows instalation files on second partition (HDD) and then install own OS faster and safely

what floppy? and i cant find startup in add/remove programs =/
i said that winXP dont have startup feature, you need to get it from some friend PC with Win98 or WinME..... or use SHOGUN&#39;s given link - http://www.drd.dyndns.org/index2.html

[Sacrifice]

blah, im just going to wait till friday to get my cousins xp pro, if his doesnt work then ill try shoguns way. (would try shoguns way first but its kinda confusing :P ) thanks for the help guys&#33;

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

Originally posted by Sacrifice+Apr 28 2004, 02:39 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Sacrifice &#064; Apr 28 2004, 02:39 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-OUTLAWS Behind You?@Apr 28 2004, 10:15 AM
When you boot from the Windows XP CD, it displays a message requesting you hit any key to boot from the CD or it times out and does a normal HD boot.* Did you see this message?
yeh i saw that message.. and for fantum i dont have a windows 98 :( [/b][/quote]
So hit anykey and let it boot from the CD. :thumbs:

[JIMINATOR]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS Behind You?@Apr 29 2004, 11:27 AM
So hit anykey and let it boot from the CD. :thumbs:
:thumbs::thumbs:

[Death-Dude]

Originally posted by Fantum309@Apr 28 2004, 12:49 PM
installing XP or reformatting a hard drive, I always use a 98 boot disk.

- I load the disk, restart the system,

- windows 98 starts, then I hit "Fdisk" and then answer yes to format.

- it asks if you are sure you want to completly erase your hard drive, and answer yes

- install your XP disc and then it should start installing after the boot disk is done formatting.

works everytime.

Pay attention to the questions about partitions. If you have a partition and want to leave it, be careful how you answer the prompts.

good luck. :thumbs:

And a word of advice, before you configure your system to go online, get some type of anti-virus in your system. Those damn viruses can get in there before you get all the patches from Microsoft.
That&#39;ll work, but I believe your file system will be FAT32 then, assuming you said &#39;yes&#39; to large disk capacity. If you have the XP disk, it&#39;ll still give you the option to format NTFS when installing.

[<<Hybrid>>]

Originally posted by JIMINATOR+Apr 29 2004, 08:04 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JIMINATOR @ Apr 29 2004, 08:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-OUTLAWS Behind You?@Apr 29 2004, 11:27 AM
So hit anykey and let it boot from the CD.&nbsp; :thumbs:
:thumbs::thumbs: [/b][/quote]
:thumbs: :thumbs:

[Sacrifice]

well i just found out all xp disks dont work for some reason =/ im trying shoguns boot disk right now :D

[Sacrifice]

OMG the boot disk worked like a charm&#33; Thank you everyone&#33;