bowie92
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format a hard drive
i was given a computer at work. i want to format hard drive to erase the network software off it and have a clean hard drive to put a windows os on it. it only has dos 6.2 and i can get to fdisk but don,t know what numbers to choose to format or erase off what is on it to put a win os on it. will i erase dos by choosing #1 and reformating and i just want one partition. thanks
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1- you shoud have windows CD. it is betterif it is bootable cd. if not NO problem.
2- get this file to have boot disk http://1gighost.net/bootdown/boot98sc.exe.
3- use clean floppy and click on boot98sc.exe.
now u have two option :
1- if ur windows cd is bootable , then boot from the cd and continue the installation. during the installtion windows will ask you to choose drive. YOU delete all the drive then creat a new one. THEN DONE.
2-if ur windows cd not bootable. then
boot from floppy.
fdisk
choose (3) then there will be 4 option....... try to choose all of them one by one to delete all drive and partition.
then if u delete all of them.
choose (1) and create new drive .
then Esc.
restart ur pc and again boot from floppy.
from A:\fromat c:
then after finish from a:\smartdrv
then but ur cd then let say ur cd letter is r.
r:\cd i386.
then
r:\i386\winnt
then goooooooooooooooooooooooo.
1- you shoud have windows CD. it is betterif it is bootable cd. if not NO problem.
2- get this file to have boot disk http://1gighost.net/bootdown/boot98sc.exe.
3- use clean floppy and click on boot98sc.exe.
now u have two option :
1- if ur windows cd is bootable , then boot from the cd and continue the installation. during the installtion windows will ask you to choose drive. YOU delete all the drive then creat a new one. THEN DONE.
2-if ur windows cd not bootable. then
boot from floppy.
fdisk
choose (3) then there will be 4 option....... try to choose all of them one by one to delete all drive and partition.
then if u delete all of them.
choose (1) and create new drive .
then Esc.
restart ur pc and again boot from floppy.
from A:\fromat c:
then after finish from a:\smartdrv
then but ur cd then let say ur cd letter is r.
r:\cd i386.
then
r:\i386\winnt
then goooooooooooooooooooooooo.
I also want to post this link for some helpful tips with creating bootable CDs and also for running a debug script on a hard drive. Try http://www.tomscrc.com
This is my personal site and has links to things like reinstalling windows and creating bootable CDs that you can use to perform functions like running a debug script to completely erase a hard drive and make it like new again. Please try this site out. You won't regret it.
This is my personal site and has links to things like reinstalling windows and creating bootable CDs that you can use to perform functions like running a debug script to completely erase a hard drive and make it like new again. Please try this site out. You won't regret it.
ASKER
o.k. please give me some time to look over everyones suggestions and i will post back when i get the hard drive formatted. thanks
no problem bowie... take ur time and good luck :)
ASKER
hey, thanks to SheharyaarSaahil for the help. your link to radified.com helped. i am partitioned and formatted to a c prompt and can work my way thru an install o.k. thanks, jim
great :)
FDISK is only necessary if you want to partition it, making a C: and D: drive, for example.