Reformat

[Zeroth]

I had to reformat my pc. :shoot
well, i learned allot from it. I FINALLY INSTALLED AND OS ON A PC!!!!!!
turns out thats all i needed to do to fix my game mod tools and get my DVD +/- RW drive to work!!!!!

got any reformatting questions? ask me!

 

[jd-inflames]

I reformat about 4 computers a day...but I run tech support for 2 different schools

 

[l33t bunny master]

I got a question....for Lord HIshaduo... When i format which partition should i create a Fat16, Fat32 or an NTFS. plz explain your answer Mr. Knowitall

BTW this question is for LORD HISHUADO only cuz he says he knows everything.

 

[Jason]

Who hasn't?

 

[borednerd]

Yeah i reformat once or twice every month

 

[Raccoon]

C:\>FORMAT C:

WARNING, ALL DATA WILL BE LOST ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format <Y/N>?_



Yes, I did about 3 days ago.

 

[l33t bunny master]

I don't see what the big deal about reformating is..i've had to do it like over 200 times now with the school and personal stuff.

 

[Sly]

did it last week.

i like my computer all fresh and stuff

 

[Sicloan]

most people dont know how to... with xp it couldnt be easier

boot from cd press any key to continue.....

install windows xp [enter]


Delete partition [d]
yes [enter]
to delete the partition press [L]

Format the partition and install windows Xp [ENTER]


thats it!

OMG SIMPLE!

 

[Raccoon]

XP doesn't have MS-DOS? I use Windows 98 SE and I have no experience with XP.

 

[Guest]

I reformated about 2 times.

 

[Zeroth]

first, edit the BIOS to set the CD or Floppy drive to be first, and put in the windows instalation disc/cd. then press enter when it says boot from disc. then go into Windows repair and type map. then check to see what type the drive is that you want to reformat (NTFS, FAT32, or FAT16). then to reformat, i think its format (drive letter)/ ns:ntfs for ntfs or something else for FAT32 and FAT16.... i only know about NTFS more.... when your done reformatting, type exit. (windows xp home admin pass is nothing...)

 

[l33t bunny master]

SO why shouldn't i make a FAT partition then. YOu said you could answer my questions...so answer don't dodge.

 

[jd-inflames]

Because NTFS is more s...oh yeah...you want him to answer...

 

[Dopple_Of_Stalin]

I reformat once a week. I like having a nice new computer every week. Gives me the pleasure of buying one without acually getting one.

 

[jd-inflames]

And that is a lot of time you have wasted...

I used to do that when I had an old HP with a Pentium 133..but hey, thats the past.

 

[Iliaran]

Every other day... I basically fix computers for free (unless if I end up having to buy parts, then i charge ppl), so I format a coupla pcs every week...

 

[ORC-r0x0r-ROC]

I format one of my 3 comps once every 6 month so.... they sorta get full of crap easily. = /

 

[Sicloan]

thats so awsome summit. i like the idea. i have 3 partitions on my machine, 1 is my media (separate drive)
then i have 240 gigs in a raid-0 config, c: = 20 gigs for os, 220 is f and taht is for the rest of my files. it works decent.

although i also have a 2nd computer that is networked to mine, it is my server which has 2 hard drives, one for the os, and hte other is the serving folder, which is also a shared folder on my machine so i can just drag and drop files from my computer onto my server. can also edit the files simply by opening them in [insert favorite web editing software here].

i also have a weekly backup of my web folder onto my machine, which i also have IIS running for testing purposes. pretty simple.

 

[jd-inflames]

OMG!!! Summit is making a hidden advertisement for GenXtreme!!!! I wub j00 Summit.

I used to do something like that...but now I just have C: (80GB) for Windows and programs, and D: (120GB) for files.

-edit- Oh yeah, I also keep appserv installed on my D drive in a folder called "web" for PHP and MySQL testing.