Reformatting

[Durteh]

im trying to reformat my entire computer, but i dunno how to.
can someone please tell me how to

[DFox]

Google works pretty well.

http://www.resnet.un..docs/reformatxp.html

Thats only good if you have Windows XP.

[Durteh]

At 2/10/06 11:47 PM, GamesCool wrote:

Thats only good if you have Windows XP.

thats not good because i have a Windows ME

[DFox]

http://www.cyberwalk..ns/sep00/210900.html

[Ravens-Grin]

Well, there's a couple things you have to think about when reformatting a drive. One is, why the fuck are you wanting to do it? Anyways, if you're sure you want to erase everything off of the computer what you need to do is create a windows boot-up floopy, and once you boot from the A:\ drive type in "format c:\" without the paranthesis at the prompt. From there, you have a completely unbootable computer (except for ms-dos which is the OS your using with the floppy drive) until you reinstall windows. Anyways, when you reinstall windows on a given partition, it automatically reformats it for you, so I'm unsure the purpose of formatting outside of the installation of Windows ME.

By the way, get something better then Windows ME, it is the worst Windows flavor ever. Upgrade to Windows 2000 or XP.

[Durteh]

thanks all, and i am upgrading to XP but i dont have enough room on this computer that was given to me

[Durteh]

ooook i dont understand what most of that meant, do i have to have a floppy disk?
im a little computer retarded

[Taylor]

At 2/11/06 12:25 AM, DurtyB wrote: ooook i dont understand what most of that meant, do i have to have a floppy disk?
im a little computer retarded

No. If you're installing Windows XP, when you install it it gives you the option to format the disk of which you'll be installing it on (in your case, your main harddrive)
No further whiping should be needed.

[Durteh]

At 2/11/06 03:22 AM, PillowBiter wrote:

At 2/11/06 12:25 AM, DurtyB wrote: ooook i dont understand what most of that meant, do i have to have a floppy disk?
im a little computer retarded

No. If you're installing Windows XP, when you install it it gives you the option to format the disk of which you'll be installing it on (in your case, your main harddrive)
No further whiping should be needed.

so in the process of installing XP, it gives me the choice whether to reformat it?

[krazed428657]

yeah itll give you the choice or you can just install xp over shitty ass ME