Drew 
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ok my pc fucked up earlier - and both drives crashed 
 
had a 40gig and a 80gig, (on a 7gig now LMAO) 
 
but how do i get these to format - windows will only recognise 1 
 
im on win 2000 pro btw 
 
if it just wont happen - cheap online places to get a nice big harddrive please?
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DanielJ 
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Registered: 21st Nov 01
 Location: gwent, south wales 
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eclipse-computers.com
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kerzo 
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put it all in the recycle bin    i think you have to put in a system restore disk then type in c:/format or some piss like that 
 
 
now that i have read that again it is of no use to you  
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DanielJ 
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na go on dos an then put c:/format orwaeva ur hd is under
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Drew 
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yeah ya say c:/   but windows wont recognise 1 of them  
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DanielJ 
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wa happens wen u knock it on? jus goes on2 a prompt screen?
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Richie 
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Drew, go into control panel and see if you have administrative tools in there. If you do, go in there and go to computer management, then double click storage. Go to disk management (local) and then you will see a list of your drives that are connected to your IDE hosts. From there you will be able to delete partitions and format the drives. 
 
 
If that fails i will send you a program which you put on a floppy which makes it bootable then you need to fill the drive with zero's, can take up to 6 hours!
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Leighton 
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Registered: 21st Feb 01
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thats the one austin  
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Drew 
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btw - when i was fucking about earlier - it was saying -partitions - unknown :S 
 
oops - think i keilled it 
 
i'll try above now
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Drew 
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ok - looking possative - but do i want 
 
NTFS or FAT32? 
 
i aint got a clue 
 
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Drew 
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Registered: 24th Nov 01
 Location: County Durham 
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cheers austin - formatting now  
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