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Adam-D
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29th Sep 05 at 06:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ive got a 2nd hdd
tried to format it in windows xp
it goes throu to the end then says it cant format it

so how do i load dos up
or halt windows booting so i can get to dos
to format it
or is there another way
willay
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29th Sep 05 at 06:52   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
geek day.
Adam-D
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29th Sep 05 at 16:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
didnt even notice it was there
Kyle T
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Go to BIOS (usually del or f12) and select CDROM as primary boot drive, boot up with CD in drive, and follow instructions on the screen, you should be able to choose a drive to format, and do it that way.

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Adam-D
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i dont have any bootable cd's
Kyle T
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Fucked then innit

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scott d
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I use Partition Magic for formatting, never had a problem running under XP, should do the trick otherwise HD is fucked.
scott d
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also boot files for XP can be found on the Microsoft site although you'll need 5/6 floppy disk's

 
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