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How to format win2000's hard drive?
My note book is hit with a virus, it won't even boot up to windows. should I reformat my HD? How do I reformat my HD if my note book hasn't got a floppy disk?(and bios does not have the format function)
Help.
Help.
Actually before reformatting tell us exactly what is happenting.
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Thanks CrazyOne. As for what had happened, was that I've got hit with a nimda virus. And I had no back up what so ever, and there is a code I had been working on for the past 3 days, which must be done by next Wednesday. And now I had to start over. So better get back to it.
:>)
Start the computer by using the Windows 2000 CD-ROM or the Startup disks.
When the Welcome to Setup screen appears, press F10.
In Recovery Console, specify the appropriate installation, and then log on by using your Administrator password.
Type map , and then press ENTER.
Note the drive that you want to reformat. The drive letters may be different in Recovery Console from what they are in Windows 2000.
Type format x : /fs:fat32 or format x : /fs:ntfs, where x is the letter of the drive that you want to format and FAT32/NTFS is the file system that you want to use, and then press ENTER.
Type y and then press ENTER to confirm your choice. When the formatting process is finished, type exit and then press ENTER, to restart the computer.
Removing NTFS
Manually Remove XP
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314052
Manually Remove Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q250456
The Crazy One