codemage wrote:
You can't format over your drive while you have Windows running.
Sure you can. Open up your pc and put a magnet to the harddrive.
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| Author: | person [ Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:53 pm ] |
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i want to format my C: drive but when i type it in cmd prompt, it tells me that i cant lock onto it since im using it i cant switch to another drive since i have only one partition so how do i format it? |
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| Author: | Andy [ Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:53 pm ] |
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pop in ur windows xp disk and format using that |
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| Author: | rdrake [ Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:50 am ] |
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Or insert a blank diskette. Go to My Computer, click right click on the A drive, and select format. Check the box that says something about creating a DOS boot disk, then OK. Once it's finished, reboot the computer with the disk inside. Type in "format c:" and it should reformat. |
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| Author: | codemage [ Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:16 pm ] |
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You can't format over your drive while you have Windows running. |
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| Author: | Neo [ Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:35 pm ] |
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codemage wrote: You can't format over your drive while you have Windows running.
Sure you can. Open up your pc and put a magnet to the harddrive. |
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| Author: | rizzix [ Thu Nov 24, 2005 4:34 pm ] |
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eh.. but that's not the same as formatting.. |
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| Author: | codemage [ Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:59 am ] |
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That's how to corrupt your hard drive. That's something you can do within the windows environment without a magnet. |
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