How do i format my hard disk ?
2007-02-16 23:37:12 · 7 answers · asked by pawan 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
1. To format a computer with Windows XP or 2000, insert Windows CD and restart your computer.
2. Your computer should automatically boot from the CD to the Windows Setup Main Menu.
3. At the Welcome to Setup page, press ENTER.
4. Press F8 to accept the Windows XP Licensing Agreement.
5. If an existing Windows XP installation is detected, you are prompted to repair it. To bypass the repair, press ESC.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Select the format option that you want to use for the partition (Recommended: NTFS), and then press ENTER.
9. After the Windows Setup program formats the partition, follow the instructions that appear on the screen to continue installing Windows.
2007-02-17 00:10:02 · answer #1 · answered by Vasif Baig 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
SIMPLE!
Just use DOS.. or you may even right click on ur local hard disks and click format.
In DOS
go to the default drive(which is normally C:)
This is the following code:
C:
C:\>format c:
2007-02-17 07:42:15 · answer #2 · answered by kausthubh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
their are 2 ways to format your hard disk
1. go to My Computer right click on drive and select format
2. put os cd in you cd rom and restrat you pc and boot from cd and formate your pc and install new os
2007-02-17 07:43:42 · answer #3 · answered by Raaj 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
go to start, shut down computer-then instead of shut down or restart select restart in dos mode. Then type the command format C:\ Are you sure that you want to do this? You will lose everything on your computer.
2007-02-17 07:41:56 · answer #4 · answered by gramma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the easiest way is to boot from an operating system disk and delete the old partitions then follow the prompts ... other than that u can use somthing like partition magic and do it from within windows ... or get a bootdisk with the regular dos tools from somewhere like bootdisk.com ....
2007-02-17 07:41:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
use a bootable operating cd. and just follow the instruction to do the formatting. it is the simplest way
2007-02-17 07:46:53 · answer #6 · answered by shinoy n 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://freepctech.com/pc/001/002.shtml
2007-02-17 07:40:59 · answer #7 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋