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I just tried what cornerPocket told me, and this did not work either I got this message: Format not supported on drive c:. Format terminated. I will now try what somebody1234 has suggeted, and hopefully this will work. The reason I posted this is I was wondering if anyone could tell me why i got this message and if there is anything I can do about it. :beerchug:
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@Somebody1234,Quote:
Originally posted by Somebody1234@28 May 2003 - 15:00
@CornerPocket, With a Windows 98SE CDROM (OEM version). No diskette is needed to format your harddrive.Quote:
You can use the Windows98 boot disk (OEM version)
Create and bootup with it >
Choose to go to the command prompt with CDrom support. When the A> prompt comes up, type format c:
This will wipe out the C: drive
That CD is bootable too. It also has formatting/partitioning tools. (No more need for fdisk or format c: at the command prompt.)
Note: This information is not for p_funk for his situation as this is FAT32 format for windows 98.
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@ p_funk,
let us know how things turn out.
I did what somebody1234 suggested and it seemed to work just fine it deleted everything on my hard drive and I installed WinXP Pro on my computer. It did not take that long at all so I hope I did it right. Thanks for all the help. :beerchug:
hi, you said it didnt take long, that would point to just a restore 20mins, not a low leve format, just wondering how long did it take you ?
I am not real sure exactly how long it took but no more than 5 - 10 min, and then it took about 30 - 40 min. to install WinXP. :beerchug:
Way to go, p_funk. B)
I'm glad I could help you. :)
Were you able to find the drivers for all your devices or were they all built in to Windows?
They were all built into windows. Thanks once again to everybody for the help. :beerchug: