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boot into dos if your running windows XP you cant reformat in windows. but any other operating system i beleive can be formatted in windows.

so if you have 2000 or something just go start, Run. then type 'cmd' and bring up the command prompt (DOS) and type 'format c:' replace 'c' with whatever drive you would like to completly erase.

then once your done formatting run 'fdisk' in the command prompt and partition the drive how you like.

if your running xp boot into dos and follow the same steps.

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^ dude, you can't delete windows from within windows... that would defy all reality, it would be like a snake being able to eat itself until it dissapeared (and if you're gonna say some shit about you said to use DOS, command prompt in windows is still IN windows)

So if you want to reinstall windows XP/2000, just pop the Windows CD in, reboot, and begin setup. In there there will be an option to format the partitions of your hard drive... just make sure you read every step carefully instead of just skimming through...(and if you don't want to install windows XP, just cancel out after you've deleted the partitions)(just so you know, with these steps, the drive hasn't been formatted yet, that's the very next step on the CD so you can do that if you want. You can't use a drive unless it's been formatted, basically it's just setting the drive up to be used)

If you use windows ME, 98, 95...
get a windows 98, ME or 95 bootdisk. (I prefer 98 boot disks... check www.bootdisk.com for an easy place to get bootdisks)
pop the disk in, reboot.
type 'format c:' (or whatever drive you want to format, and wait...
although this way may seem easier... you can't use it with windows XP/2000, only windows 95,98,ME... that's because the older windows don't recognize the new file system (the way the drive has been formatted) of Windows XP/2000

hope this helps

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No, listen its simple:

stick your windows xp (or w/e your os is) then restart your comp, and press either f8, f9, or f10 (it depends) until it gives u an option to boot from cd. I just press them all if i forget. Then once you boot from cd and get the blue screen of your operating system cd. Find the section where it has 'Partitions' and delete your old partition which is where your hardrive was formatted originally. Then click the 'create new partition on selected space' or w/e it is button, and make the new partition on the space you deleted. That will take a while and then one your done, it will run you through the installation of you operating system and once you install that, your comp will be fresh like the day you bought it.

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dloc...for being a computer major as you always say, and owning some software company that codes spyware software, and making like 50 Gs a week or some shit...you don't know anything about PCs! You can't format a partition that you are currently working off of. This is dloc..., 'OK PC, now I'm going to use a windows command, from within windows, to delete windows' Good you prove time and time again how fucking stupid you are

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Shit, after ranking on dloc, I completely forgot to answer the question...find a MSDOS 6.22 boot disk. Boot off of it, escape back the command prompt, (it will be F3), then type in 'format c:'...all done

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^ unless he's using windows XP/2000... then it won't recognise the file system

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True, I usually just use the win2k/xp setup program to erase partitions and such. I do it all the time at work.

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Just find a Windows XP/2000/98 disc, boot off of it, and format from within it since you're going to need to install the OS anyway. The other ways are too complicated for their own good.

D-loc, please, never speak again, you're a retard. You can't even 'boot into dos' when running Windows XP or 2000, they removed DOS after ME because of how shitty it is, XP and 2k are based off of NT. Other forms of Windows, 95, 98, and ME are all based on DOS and you can do as such.

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oh my bad im sorry im to highly advance for you guys because i dont leave my OS on the same harddrive as my other shit. thats just plain STUPID. so yes i can run the command prompt in XP, 2000, XP Pro, 200 Pro what have you and say 'format c:' where all my data is stored and not my OS.

why do you need to format your OS when yuor jsut going to put the same form back on?

sure format everything if your planning on switching OS but i always set my OS aside from other files. makes it run smooth unlike your computers obviously.

then in turn by making my OS run off a differnt drive/ partition i am able to quickly format unused data and be on my way.

NO 2 HOUR INSTALL OF WINDOWS EVER AGAIN IF YOU USE My METHOD.

just a simple format and ur good to go my friends.

now im not so stupid am i?

im just a better long term thinker than most so i plan ahead for a format thats all. i fucking know you cant boot into dos mofo but its just an expression. kinda like when i tell people at my company to reboot, they dont know what that means. they only know restart.

sorry ill sink to the low lever of intellect next time i explain such a simple process.

and the best way is to just have an image on a disk so you can just insert, wipe, and throw that windows image with pre-installed apps on your new HDD.

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dloc...you are seriously the dumbest IT guy ever. 2000/XP do have a command prompt and it is a DOS shell, it is not DOS. And I dare you to type in 'format C:' from w/in that shell. You can format the boot drive when you are working from w/in the boot drive. Can we ban this retard from NS or what? I'm sick of his stupidity infecting others

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^hey fuck nut i downloaded the fucking command promt, ever think about that? i work on 2000 systems so im acustome to them. then when i get on my XP pro i dont like it. i used to have 2000 PRO but it was cracked and it didnt work right so i had to buy XP pro for $7.95

go download the command prompt and then go to start run and type 'cmd' im bet you 1000000000 dollars it will work fuckers

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...'you can't* format'....

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^a few things...
A) I'm A+, Net+, MSCE and a whole shit other certified, so I know what I'm talking about. Don't tell me i'm stupid and know nothing about computers
B)You didn't tell the guy that you had two drives, you just made a pretty stupid assumption that he had two drives... that makes you a moron
C)If you had half a brain, you would save money by just using one drive and splitting it into two partitions... or if you DO have two drives, you should at least RAID level 0 that shit.
D)I do the same thing (with partitions of course... not hard drives) but he didn't ask 'how do i delete my secondary partition'... he asked how to fry his drive... so quit making stupid assumptions, it just makes you look like an ass

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sorry i meant to put ^^^^ not ^... it's for dlocs big dumb post up there

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Not only are you dumb, you can't read either. XP does come w/ a command shell...I'm saying you can't format the boot drive when you are working on the boot drive. Are you getting your college degree from one of those online colleges I always see on TV?

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^^ oh and another thing i didnt see you say... 'try and type format c: within the shell'

dude i format ever 4 months or so, doing the same process over and over again. i format all the time within windows since windows is on a totally separate drive it doesnt interfere with other shit. go try it, and tell me it doesnt work.

cuz i just did it about 3 weeks ago and it wiped my whole hard drive where i store data. and kept all windows files on my other drive since i didnt specify to format taht drive.

open ur fucking mind man, im a 3rd year student and im ALrEADY IN MY CAREER. i dont have to go job hunting because ive got my job. once i graduate in '07 i will then become a full-time employee here making 10X what im making now since i will have my BS degree finally. right now i make over $14/hr just with 2 years degree. and i dont know many others at my school making that from there co-op jobs. so yeah i think im pretty well off.

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^dude you don't get it... read my above post

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powedercanuk... last post not intended for you but to answer some shit.

yes i did RAID shit before my mobo fried with my old processor. i just got a new asus mobo for my athlon 64 chip so i havent had the time to setup the RAID. the RAID is also 2 formats now and im not to familiar with the new technology of RAID transfer speeds.

yes i just happend to have 2 HDD, but when i only had 1 i would jsut partition 10GB for the OS and leave the other 50GB for storage. but right now i have a spare HDD with a backup of my other data and also running my OS. so i can just format the one drive and leave the other to back up file as i need them.

im also about to buy a 250GB HDD to run a server off for my xbox. then i can just stream media through my xbox onto the TV and watch southpark/ family guy/ seinfeld all day long :)

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no not the bit about partitioning...

the bit where you assume shit... makes you look like an ass

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and ur comment to 'save money' thats a joke cuz i just picked up a 80 GB HDD for my xbox at $39.99, woot. and my buddy found one at microcenter for 29.99 80 GB

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wow, he is braggin about how much he makes. That makes what he says important. In that case, I own a successfull auction and consignment company selling product on ebay and through local mediums. Depending on the time of year i make between 500-800 a week. Thats on top of my management gig at a local grociers store where i make 15 bucks and hour to babysit bagboys, stock clerks and cashiers. And i am only 22 and in college. DOES THIS HAVE ANY IMPORTANCE . . .NO
why bring how much you make into it

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^^well sorry for assuming, its not a complicated setup so i dont know why everyone doesnt use it

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dloc...god damn man, you have your head shoved so far up your ass you can't even understand how dumb you sound. Of course you can format another drive from w/in windows. I said you can't format windows from w/in windows.

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the point is, that not everyone does...

oh and it is complicated for some... i setup a girls computer with two partitions once, and no matter how hard i tried to explain it, she never used the second partition... so I had to resetup the computer in half...

the point I'm trying to make is that if you try to explain your sitution before making stupid comments and assume people have the setup or whatever as you they won't get pissed off with you as much (i've noticed this happens alot with you)

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thewavebb... i bring that into the subjet to show other that im not just some stupid college student at a sumer job making 7.85/hr. im actually in a career job, unlike all my other buddies at college. everyone already know how much i make on the site, its been dealt with dont bring up an issue that has already been gone over and over again.

and i could also put in im a huge --------- for the area but i wont

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skifiend did i ever state you could format windows within windows?

nope i said you can format windows that way with my setup. since i set up my shit for the long run and not just to throw an OS onto ym drive

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dloc, I don't have time to argue w/ your dumb ass. Have fun making $1,00,000,000,000,000 a day asshole

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^do i have to make another post about stupid assumptions?

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oh sorry... meant for dloc again

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And here I was thinking I'd never have to rip apart a post like this ever again.

'oh my bad im sorry im to highly advance for you guys because i dont leave my OS on the same harddrive as my other shit. thats just plain STUPID. so yes i can run the command prompt in XP, 2000, XP Pro, 200 Pro what have you and say 'format c:' where all my data is stored and not my OS.'

I read this first paragraph and knew something was up in the mind of this moron.

First off, I do this too, however, I do it a bit differently, I have a 10,000 RPM SATA drive with my programs and Windows on it, but not for the reason of seperating all my data, but so I can use my cheaper and slower 120 gig drive as storage. I still reformat this drive at least three to four times a year. Keeping your OS seperate, however, does not protect it from clutter. You still have old drivers, pieces of installed programs, registry crap, spyware and malware, and other malicious junk thats been floating around since God knows when. Randomly formatting a drive with all your programs is going to fuck it up MORE because your OS is going to be convinced that it has multiple instances of the same software installed.

why do you need to format your OS when yuor jsut going to put the same form back on?

Because moron, its Windows, Windows gets cluttered, Windows NEEDS to be reinstalled freshly with fresh updates. This is a well known FACT.

sure format everything if your planning on switching OS but i always set my OS aside from other files. makes it run smooth unlike your computers obviously.

Once again, refer to my earlier statements.

then in turn by making my OS run off a differnt drive/ partition i am able to quickly format unused data and be on my way.

NO 2 HOUR INSTALL OF WINDOWS EVER AGAIN IF YOU USE My METHOD.

If it takes you 2 hours to install Windows, you're officially a fuckin' MORON. What the hell, are you hunting and pecking for all the keys

just a simple format and ur good to go my friends.

now im not so stupid am i?

Stupider than ever buddy. Stop using 'ur' for Your and 'U' for you. AOL speak might be ok when you're a loser on his mommys computer dialing into AOL but this is the real internet. Shape up or ship out.

im just a better long term thinker than most so i plan ahead for a format thats all. i fucking know you cant boot into dos mofo but its just an expression. kinda like when i tell people at my company to reboot, they dont know what that means. they only know restart.

No, you're a retard. Sorry. Its not an expression, you got caught being a moron and you'll never live it down. No amount of bull-shitting can save you.

sorry ill sink to the low lever of intellect next time i explain such a simple process.

I don't know how much lower you can think, you're already pretty far down there kid, you need to stop, NOW. You're not fooling anyone. I know a lot of stupid people with computer jobs, but you REALLY cut the cake. You don't even have the knowledge from a basic 100 level Computer course at a community college.

and the best way is to just have an image on a disk so you can just insert, wipe, and throw that windows image with pre-installed apps on your new HDD.

Mabye if you need to do this on several computers at a company that all need to have the exact set of software on them, but when you're in a home enviroment, the more customization the better. I'm constantly trying out new operating systems, different Linux and BSD variants, etc. Having a Ghost image to update from would be pointless.

D-loc, please stop posting, you've already embarresed yourself, you're not an IT guy, you're probably 16 or so sitting behind your computer trying to extend your e-penis, but you're not helping it any. There are a lot of people on this board that know a hell of a lot about the computer buisness so you're really not fooling anyone.

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so yet im here and everyones trying to prove me wrong yet im right. hmm imagine that, i dont have a pre-built PC from dell like teh rest of the world and i actually took into account OS speeds when mass quantities of data are loaded beside the OS.

so what have i said that was wrong guys? im still waiting becasue i have disproved everything you said im an idiot for. so i guess im just some moron trying to work on computers

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andyrightcoast, so everything you just quoted and ragged on ad nothing to do with my knowlege of computers.

you simple jsut put down my internet language like we are in college english class. get in the real world and i got 40 year olds sending me e-mails using 'know' when they meant'no'. so dont fucking pull the oh you need to be gramatically correct and spell everythig to a par, cuz that just classifies you as a geeekazor, whatever that may be.

but here we are again, i simple try and help by giving some imput to a topic that was a day old and help the kid out.

fuck you cant say a word on this damn site without some other teen knocking you down. and no im not 16, cuz how could i post all day long if i were in HS. hmm its call thinking before you talk and seeing how the situation is and its surrounding. so in no way shape or form could i be in HS posting on NS for 8 hrs. its not logical.

and im a logic thinker, no bullshit science, well maybe its this, maybe the oil supply will run out soon, maybe we will have global warming.

yeah right and maybe godzilla really does protect the city right?

i mean be logical about some shit for once in your life, you might see it alot better than trial and error and using science which isnt even fact

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what you said, was that you could delete the partition within windows, WITHOUT clearing up that you were using a seperate drive(stupid assumption I'm talking about)... so people said you were wrong... then you called everyone stupid, then shit hit the fan and now people are fighting just because you've called everyone dumb... THAT'S why

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so if I open up command prompt and type in format c: nothing will happen? Do you promise?

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I just owned the fucking shit out of you.

'OS speeds when mass quantities of data are loaded beside the OS. '

What the fuck is that. Thats nonsensical. You're trying to use words to make people think you're smart.
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He didn't even read my post!

Listen d-loc, your posts have no substance whatsoever. I'm not 'another teen putting you down' I'm correcting your horrendous mistakes, then defaming you because you seem to think you have qualifications that you don't.

If you took the time to read my post instead of skipping through it like a girl scout on the way to school then you would have found that yes, I did explain why you were wrong.

Nobody would bother you if you weren't so filled with misinformation and hot-air. I used to post from high school all the time when I was there, we had computers in the back of class. If you truly do have a computer job. I feel bad for your boss, I truly and honestly do. You must be costing that company a lot of money per year.
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Dloc: Who brags about making $14 an hour after 3 years of school? Really? C'mon. I don't bother with a summer job unless it pays me $15/hr or more, and I get paid $10/hr to look cool and sell skis. Quite frankly, you're pathetic. Please stop posting.

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while all of these clever people are on here, can anyone tell me how to wipe one OS off of my cpu without making it freak out? I have 2000 and XP, but XP didn't work right, and i didn't feel like losing all of my shit. any suggestions appreciated.

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do you mean wipe off your hard drive?

anyways, if windows isn't working properly you, don't necessarily have to reinstall it, it can probably be fixed.

If you DO want to reinstall, you've got two main options:

A)backup everything you want to save on CD and do a clean install by reading the top of the thread... before things went to shit

or

B) put the windows CD and do a system repair (basically reinstall windows over top of the windows you have... keeping everything you've got)
I don't like this option as much, as i've seen windows come up pretty buggy after doing this...

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Posts: 4705

No Life

D-loc, I've said it before, and I will continue to say it until you get the point.

You are the most ego filled, half-witted moron on this site. You try to look intelligent by posting complete bullshit, and then when someone points out your mistakes, instead of accepting the fact that you are almost ALWAYS wrong, you rag on about your made-up IT job and meaningless college degree.

Please, shut the fuck up. For your own good.

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Nov 23 2004 4:09PM

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NickMartini

Posts: 7761 - Karma: 8,356

Karma: 8,356

Posts: 7761

Crazy Fool

if im not wrong what dloc is basicly doing is saying something and if someone prooves him wrong he just says he has a special computer so it is different for his, which makes no sense becuase we are talking about someone with a normal computer

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Nov 23 2004 4:10PM

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SkiBumDreams

Posts: 560 - Karma: 10

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Ridiculous

actually you can (sorta) format your windows drive when you are in windows (look at the bottom for how)

wow i love these posts some people have a clus, some have more than a clue some have less than a clue and the poor schmuck who asked the question gets lost in everybody ripping on d-loc!

ok the simple way to remove windows and reinstall is to get your windows cd, then you must boot from the cd. this option is available in the bios. under the boot devices menu make sure that cdrom comes before the hard disk or hdd or something else just make the cdrom the first in the boot order. then once you reboot it will say press any key to boot from cd, obviously push a key to boot from cd. next you are going to want to remove the c partition, then create a new partition and format it using ntfs. From this point on the setup is relatively simple just follow the onscreen commands and if you are not sure about something just choose the default option.(this setup guide is for if you are installing windows xp)

as far as formating your 'c' drive(Assuming 'c' is your windows partition) you can use a couple switches to delete windows enough so that it will not boot on your next reboot. it will remove everything except for the few fies necessary for windows to shut down and the couple it may be using at the moment you choose to format. simply type 'format c: /x' (the '/x' forces the volume to dismount prior to trying to deletion, there is also another switch i cannot remember to suppress the 'cannot delete file because it is in use' and continue on without that. it can also be done by going to to the root of the c drive (so it says c:\> with no directories after that) and you can type 'del * /f/s/q'

Nov 23 2004 4:51PM

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