formatting in xp

[r sherriff]

hi,does anyone know how to foramt a partition that has had the files deleted
rather than uninstalled, leaving one or two files with no association, so
that winxp says it is unable to format, this has really got me , and i
thought i was smart! billy

 

[RJK]

Conditions, (NTFS related), can arise whereby a hard disk is useless until
it's zero-filled, ("zero-fill," still called a "low level format", which
today, (with todays newer hard disks), is not a really a low-level format
but, simply a "zero-fill").

To cut a long story short, if you've got a hard disk with that's been
involved with xp, especially if its' previous xp platform was sitting on a
NTFS partition, download the correct "low level format/zero-fill" utility
from your hard disk manufacturers web site, and run it, and install from
scratch.

regards, Richard

 

[Michael Stevens]

hi,does anyone know how to foramt a partition that has had the files
deleted rather than uninstalled, leaving one or two files with no
association, so that winxp says it is unable to format, this has
really got me , and i thought i was smart! billy

The files are in use or system files. You will need to boot the system with
a Win 98/Me boot disk and use fdisk to "delete" the partition. If the
partition you want to delete was the original C drive, deleting the
partition will probably make your system non-bootable.
Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Format XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/format_XP.htm
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[RJK]

....if you can delete the partition ! A few months ago I had the DICKENS of
a job getting rid of an XP pro / NTFS partition. Booting from a W98se floppy
would not allow me to delete the non-dos partition.
http://fdisk.radified.com/delete_partitions.htm gives few clues.

regards, Richard

 

[Michael Stevens]

...if you can delete the partition ! A few months ago I had the
DICKENS of a job getting rid of an XP pro / NTFS partition. Booting
from a W98se floppy would not allow me to delete the non-dos
partition. http://fdisk.radified.com/delete_partitions.htm gives few
clues.

regards, Richard

RK,
You may have encountered the problem of deleting a non-dos partition inside
an extended partition. Check the link below.
XP system disk using NTFS with Win98/Me boot disk:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/format_XP.htm
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