can some one help or give me an idea how??? I know i need all the drivers. how do you do it step by step.
thank you peope
joe
2006-11-02 16:26:24 · 8 answers · asked by Melqart 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
no no no
get drive washer for $9 at wall-mart
pop it in dont worrey about any loading just restart
boot from cdrom
run the lunix live drive washer
exit
reload windows
DL the drivers from the web sites
to find out what drivers you need run DXDIAG V9.0
2006-11-02 19:38:29 · answer #1 · answered by thundrmark 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. FDISK remove all partitions
2. Boot on Windows CD
3 Load all drivers like SCSI drives that Windown wants to load
4. Agree to License.
5. Delete all partitions (same as before)
6. Select largest partition
7. NTFS File system
8. Let it format
9 Enter Product ID
10 Reboot
Thats the quick overview. Or were you looking for a dos or a lenix format?
Either way it's
Remove Partitions,
Create Partition
Format Partition
Load operating System
Have a bucket of bits to keep you spinning.
2006-11-02 16:36:43 · answer #2 · answered by Robert J 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How to Format a Computer with Windows XP
To format a computer with Windows XP or 2000, insert Windows CD and restart your computer.
Your computer should automatically boot from the CD to the Windows Setup Main Menu.
At the Welcome to Setup page, press ENTER.
Press F8 to accept the Windows XP Licensing Agreement.
If an existing Windows XP installation is detected, you are prompted to repair it. To bypass the repair, press ESC.
Use the ARROW keys to select the partition or the unpartitioned space where you want to create a new partition. Press D to delete an existing partition, or press C to create a new partition.
Type the size in megabytes (MB) that you want to use for the new partition, and then press ENTER, or just press ENTER to create the partition with the maximum size.
Select the format option that you want to use for the partition (Recommended: NTFS), and then press ENTER.
After the Windows Setup program formats the partition, follow the instructions that appear on the screen to continue installing Windows.
2006-11-02 16:32:18 · answer #3 · answered by G 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No its not and anyone who tells you it is is an idiot! Formatting is the easy part, finding the drivers for your mobo and other devices is the hard part not to mention wondering where all that software that you had (and dont have the install disks for) went! Youre better off stating your problems in detail!
2006-11-02 16:29:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you must have ur OS cd...Uput it in the disk drive and start ur computer,there will be a black screen prompting you wheter or not u want to fomat ur pc,according to screen enter yes and a step by step instruction will appear wait for everything to install then restart as so...
2006-11-02 16:30:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Steps to Clean Install XP
If the above instructions for configuring your system to boot from CD or you have acquired the necessary boot floppy/floppies; you can now boot the computer and follow the on screen prompts.
Have your Product Key available, typical install is around 30 minutes. If setup seems to hang, wait at least 10 minutes + before restarting system. You should experience momentary screen blackouts.
1. Power on the computer. Press the Pause/Break key as soon as you see text on the screen.
[If you currently are running in an OS of any flavor, insert XP CD and restart computer. Skip to #3 if system is configured to boot from CD.]
2. Insert XP CD into CD drive. Press ENTER to resume booting from the XP CD. (BIOS must support booting from CD and boot order must be set so CD boots before hard drive. If computer does not support booting from CD go to 2a for floppy install).
2a. Floppy install: Boot from Win98/Me/Special XP install floppy disk with smartdrv.exe added to the boot disk or the Win XP set of 6 floppy disks.
3. Look for message "booting from CD" usually located at the bottom of the screen. If you have a factory splash screen, press ESC to unload it.
3a. Floppy install: From the A Prompt; A:\type: smartdrv.exe. then press ENTER. If you are using the XP boot floppy setup disks skip to step #5.
4. Press any Key when you see the prompt to 'Press Any Key"
4a. Floppy install: CD to the location of the CD-ROM drive with the XP setup files; CD to the i386 folder where you will type: winnt.exe to start setup.
5. Setup will start copying files, if you need to install any third-party or RAID drivers press F6 at this time. the copying of files can take awhile.
6. Next you will get the option to repair or enter setup, choose to enter setup. Press ENTER.
To see images full size, place mouse cursor over image and click/double click or press the left button and open.
7. Press F8 if you agree to the license.
8. Setup will scan for previous Windows installations
9. If you are using the upgrade version of XP on a computer without any version of Windows currently installed, this is where you will replace the XP CD with your qualifying CD, XP setup will scan the qualifying CD and instruct you to replace it with the XP CD to continue XP setup; otherwise, you will not see this screen. Clean install qualifying media can be any of the following Win NT3.51, 4.0, 2000, Win 95, 98, Me and XP Home when upgrading to XP Pro.
10. Choose the location to install.
10a If this is a clean hard drive, you can choose to create a partition in the un-partitioned space. At this point, you can allow Setup to use all the space or set a size for the partition.
10b If the hard drive or partition has a previous installation of XP you want to remove, choose to delete the partition by pressing "D". You will then be prompted to create a new partition in the empty space. This will remove all data from the deleted space.
If setup returns a message the partition contains the setup files and cannot be deleted use the info from this link: Delete NON-DOS Partition
10c If you intend to use multiple partitions or dual boot, this is where you specify the size of the boot partition and or setup location for XP. If you are planning to dual boot XP, I would create a small 100 meg DOS partition for the first primary partition, then an 8 to 10 gig partition for XP. You can partition and format the remaining space after XP is setup from Disk Manager. If you do not intend to dual boot, you can either use all the un-partitioned space or create an 8 to 10 gig partition for XP and leave the rest free to partition later.
If a fat32 partition larger than 32 gigabyte is desired, the hard drive or partition will need to be created before running XP setup. XP will not create a fat 32 partition larger than 32 gig, but will support one previously created.
11. Choose the file system from this screen. If dual booting and you created the small 100 meg partition, make it a fat partition. NTFS is configured at the optimal file size during the initial setup. See this link for more on NTFS
If you have more that one partition or hard drive on your system, make sure you are formatting the correct partition/drive.
12. This is where you reinsert the XP Pro Upgrade CD if necessary.
13. Press Enter to continue.
14. Setup will show a progress box and reboot when copying files is complete.
2006-11-02 16:29:00 · answer #6 · answered by Jorlan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
FIRSTLY,BOOT WINXP FROM UR CDROM,FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION ON THE SCREEN,THEN..WAIT ABOUT 30 MIN TO COMPLETE WINXP SETUP.
IF U GOT UR OWN HARDWARE DRIVER,JUST INSTALL IT..
2006-11-02 19:32:33 · answer #7 · answered by pirate 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good information here. Too much to copy.
http://www.ehow.com/how_6026_format-hard-drive.html
2006-11-02 16:32:21 · answer #8 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋