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person

Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:53 pm


formatting

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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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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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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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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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Neo

Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:35 pm



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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.  :lol:


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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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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.