- Format procedure to Format Drive that has XP
- Posted by Ockerr on January 5th, 2006
Hi Guys
Tried Formatting a hard Drive that has had Win XP on it using a windows 98
Format disk, But it wont format as it is a different operating system. I
cant find Format.exe or Format.com in any folder of XP so where is it
Hidden. or is there another program that will do it.
I dont want to reinstall XP, all I want is a Formatted Drive for storage.
Cheers and Ta
- Posted by old man on January 5th, 2006
Assuming you have winxp format in Disk Management
If you are trying to format your winxp drive, boot from winxp cd and format
there.
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- Posted by donleo on January 5th, 2006
you have to format non FAT32 drive windows xp isnt fat32 it is ntfs .. it
can be done with ur windows 98 disk
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- Posted by Chas on January 5th, 2006
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In My Computer Right Click The Drive you want to format
and choose" format "
Chas
- Posted by Toolman Tim on January 5th, 2006
In news:Waivf.12791$vH5.654598@news.xtra.co.nz,
Ockerr spewed forth:
Are you planning on using that drive with Windows 98? If so, you have to
(with XP disk management, I think) reformat as FAT32. If you are running XP
and that's all you will be using the drive with, then format it as NTFS with
XP disk management. Here's the scoop from MS:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309000
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- Posted by Donald on January 5th, 2006
Its called format.com
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- Posted by Donald on January 5th, 2006
You cannot format a drive like C: while in use Chas
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- Posted by Ockerr on January 6th, 2006
Thanks Guys
Your info has done the Job.
Cheers
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- Posted by Gordon on January 6th, 2006
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:05:07 -0500, donleo wrote:
Not neccesarily - XP uses both FAT32 and NTFS
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