How do I format a laptop hard drive?

[stingbandel]

Does anybody know how?

I have Win XP Pro inside with NTFS right now.



thanks

 

[ScrapSilicon]

fdisk c .. goto bootdisk.com ..get Win98SE type floppy made up..possibly a bootable CD can be made as well...start in command prompt..fdisk .. neat

 

[sohcrates]

except if it's ntfs a win98 boot floppy won't see your partition

are you re-installing xp? if so, just boot off xp cd and you can reformat from there

 

[stingbandel]

Originally posted by: sohcrates
except if it's ntfs a win98 boot floppy won't see your partition

are you re-installing xp? if so, just boot off xp cd and you can reformat from there

I am not reformatting Win XP on it. I just want to format it and leave it blank


any other ideas how to do it?


will fdisk read the ntfs partition?



thanks

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: sohcrates
except if it's ntfs a win98 boot floppy won't see your partition

are you re-installing xp? if so, just boot off xp cd and you can reformat from there

obviously you did not click the "neat" link..they have XP boot disks as well and here at the bottom..fdisk to start it over ..Microsoft might know a little about their software..a little..

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: stingbandel

Originally posted by: sohcrates
except if it's ntfs a win98 boot floppy won't see your partition

are you re-installing xp? if so, just boot off xp cd and you can reformat from there

I am not reformatting Win XP on it. I just want to format it and leave it blank


any other ideas how to do it?


will fdisk read the ntfs partition?



thanks

no, fdisk will not see NTFS. put the windows xp cd back in, delete the partition, and you can either format it from here or use fdisk. problem solved.

 

[stingbandel]

ok, I got it now. thanks