Format hard drive - Page 3

~Candy~ · 12-Jan-2004, 06:52 PM **#31**

Well, I've never tried to format c: on an XP system, so we'll have to wait for input on that from someone else.

I'm going to experiment on something else later on today or tomorrow, which will probably have bad results, and if it does, I will give the format c: a shot and see what happens.

NiteHawk · 13-Jan-2004, 02:14 AM **#32**

I've never formatted an XP system and tried to make it FAT32, so that kind of puts me out of the loop.

NotRite² · 13-Jan-2004, 02:39 AM **#33**

http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/O...allxphome1.htm

I visit blkvipers site when it comes to XP. He has a fairly nice How-to about formatting and even fdisking XP(with screenshots even). Try him out and see if that helps you guys......er......and gals out.

Good Luck@

bigjim · 13-Jan-2004, 12:38 PM **#34**

im still getting nowhere! Emailed black viper and waiting for response

~Candy~ · 13-Jan-2004, 12:45 PM **#35**

You shouldn't need to email, just look thru the site for some helpful insight.

~Candy~ · 13-Jan-2004, 12:52 PM **#36**

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/format_XP.htm

Found this at another site.

~Candy~ · 13-Jan-2004, 12:56 PM **#37**

It would appear that you can't just start with format c:, you have to start with fdisk and delete partitions first.

bigjim · 13-Jan-2004, 01:00 PM **#38**

http://support.microsoft.com/default...NoWebContent=1

working through this now!! il keep you posted

~Candy~ · 13-Jan-2004, 01:14 PM **#39**

Ah, I don't think that is going to help, as you didn't use an upgrade path. Yours came preinstalled, correct?

bigjim · 13-Jan-2004, 01:41 PM **#40**

Ha Haaa

formatting now.

Did what it says here http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/format_XP.htm

Thanks guys, watch out for another post when i get problems installing ME!!!

~Candy~ · 13-Jan-2004, 01:53 PM **#41**

NiteHawk · 13-Jan-2004, 08:40 PM **#42**

It's kind of late since you are formatting, but note this for future reference.
This is a utility that will back up all your drivers into one folder (with many many subfolders) so you can then burn them to CD for easy re-install.

Software to Backup all Drivers in one spot
http://www.jermar.com/wdrvbck.htm << web page
http://www.jermar.com/wdrvbck1.exe << direct download

~Candy~ · 13-Jan-2004, 09:03 PM **#43**

Cool, NH, bookmarked for my anticipated self destruction

NiteHawk · 13-Jan-2004, 09:30 PM **#44**

It's always a safe and secure feeling to know that you can fall back on your old drivers.

What type of self destruction are you planning?

~Candy~ · 13-Jan-2004, 09:33 PM **#45**

I'm testing something on my XP install, and when I installed AutoCad 2004 a few weeks ago, it crashed and wouldn't boot. So I'm going to do things in a different order this time....

I downloaded that program, but I only have one non MS driver, the sound, so I guess I shouldn't need it

But, I'll be replacing motherboards in a couple of weeks too, any ideas if Ghost will protect me on that?????

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