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Teknologikal

 posted on 10th Nov 06 at 09:38

quote:
Originally posted by John
How would somebody that doesn't know much about computers have a clue what it meant when a screen came up asking about partitions, or the difference between fat and ntfs?


If they don't know that then I wouldn't recommend attempting to reformat anyway....


topshot_2k

 posted on 10th Nov 06 at 08:43

every step has a recommended by the option you should choose, its not hard :rolleyes:


Cavey

 posted on 10th Nov 06 at 00:07

The disc that i use gives you the choice of formatting partitions to FAT or NTFS


John

 posted on 10th Nov 06 at 00:03

Depends on the disc i've found.

I'm not sure where the option that changes it is, probably depends on winnt.sif settings on the disc but there is definitely an option for it there.


ed

 posted on 10th Nov 06 at 00:01

You don't have a choice about formatting to FAT32 when installing XP do you? Thought it was NTFS only...


John

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 22:41

How would somebody that doesn't know much about computers have a clue what it meant when a screen came up asking about partitions, or the difference between fat and ntfs?


topshot_2k

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 22:31

quote:
Originally posted by Russ
quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
insert xp and away u go

[Edited on 09-11-2006 by topshot_2k]
thats no help...


Why not??? with XP all you need to do is insert disk and boot from CD, putting a fresh copy on the HDD, setup partitions etc. its not hard:rolleyes:


Russ

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 22:30

buy one.


Forever_Hatter

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 22:27

Just found out no disc :(

so thats fooked it...Not sure what to do now really


Russ

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 21:52

quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
insert xp and away u go

[Edited on 09-11-2006 by topshot_2k]
thats no help...


abdus

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 21:44

killdisk:

http://www.killdisk.com/

but a normal format should be fine :)


topshot_2k

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 21:39

insert xp and away u go

[Edited on 09-11-2006 by topshot_2k]


drax

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 20:54

whack in a xp disk, boot from CD, reformat the partition(s)

install xp quick NTFS format


Forever_Hatter

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 20:51

Hi Guys,

Whats the best way if any to wipe the whole computer and re-start from scratch?

Ie wanting to wipe all programs...o/s and hard drive completly?

Cheers