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the last time i tried formatting a pc.. it had a restore pack so it was no problem, but this time i want to completly format a pc, i am pretty confident, but i remember last time i had a lot of trouble installing the cd drive from dos, now if i make a boot disc from the machine before i format, can this be used to load the cd drive afterwords.. once formatted?
i hope that makes sense…. i kind of play and learn as i go along
Do you want to format PC then install windows ???
I have formatted a couple of PC’s with Windows 2000 and XP. 2000 I used a boot disk then run from CD, and formatted from there. With XP I ran this in windows then it said that the version on the CD is earlier than on the PC and I would need to reboot and run CD from there – which it did and then you can select format from that.
errrr hope that made sense……… :D
lol.. did’nt make sense.. but if i come into trouble i’ll late you know.. i am formatting gaz’s.. hes the new guy.. spotlight..which i just figured out today :)
so he won’t be too pleased if i mess it up :shock:
Okay, is the PC already loaded with windows ?? If so, which one is it ??
Do you want to reformat the whole drive and reinstall windows ??
the computer is full of spyware and all sorts of rubbish.. i want to do a complete format… its got xp on at the moment, but its an illigal copy.. and its only an upgrade from windows 98, a copy of which i nicked from work… so i got to format.. then put windows 98 on, then upgrade it
I would create a boot disk first Soulie.
http://www.cyberwalker.net/faqs/how-tos/reformat-reinstall-win98.shtmlYou can get bootdisk info from here:
http://www.bootdisk.com/tar.. i’ll give it a try :) wish me look.. the problem being… can you creat boot discs with xp? i never seen the option for it
see what happens anyway.. i’ll shout if i need you :D
http://www.computerhope.com/boot.htm#71
How to create a bootable XP diskette
http://www.computerhope.com/boot.htm#71
This has links for XP boot disks – depending on whether you have SP1/SP2 XP Home or XP Pro – make sure you pick the right one !!
It’s a piece of piss Soulie – as long as the hard drive ain’t sh@gged [like what happened to my laptop last week………. :roll: ]
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