FDisk and Format Windows XP Machine - No Need to Reinstall

[Guest]

I need to reformat the hard drives of 40 Windows XP Professional PC's. I do
not need to reinstall the operating system, only format the drives.

I do not have a copy of the operating system to boot from, so I'm wondering
where I can find simple instructions to create a Bootable CD with FDisk and
Format on it, so that I can boot to a DOS prompt and quickly repartition and
format the drive.

The PC's do not have floppy drives. Only CD drives. Again, I don't have a
copy of the operating system available to me, which seems to be a barrier to
completing this goal.

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I need to reformat the hard drives of 40 Windows XP Professional PC's. I do
not need to reinstall the operating system, only format the drives.

I do not have a copy of the operating system to boot from, so I'm wondering
where I can find simple instructions to create a Bootable CD with FDisk and
Format on it, so that I can boot to a DOS prompt and quickly repartition and
format the drive.

The PC's do not have floppy drives. Only CD drives. Again, I don't have a
copy of the operating system available to me, which seems to be a barrier to
completing this goal.

Any advice would be appreciated.

You can download an ISO image of a DOS boot disk, then burn
it to CD:
http://www.allbootdisks.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42&func=selectfolder&filecatid=88

You could also use a partition manager such as Acronis Disk
Director. It lets you burn a bootable CD which then gives you
full access to the manager's menu (which includes partitioning
and formatting).

 

[Guest]

Will a DOS 6.22 boot CD fdisk and format a NTFS drive?

 

[Guest]

NO, only FAT

Yanto Asnawi

Will a DOS 6.22 boot CD fdisk and format a NTFS drive?

 

[Og]

Will a DOS 6.22 boot CD fdisk and format a NTFS drive?

In a round-about way.
The DOS fdisk utility does not recognize an NTFS partition, per say -- it
will report a "non-DOS partition".
You will have to use fdisk to "delete non-DOS partition", then create a new
DOS partition, then format the newly created partition as FAT.
Steve