[Shotimes] Way OT: fdisk and format

[Brian E. Harris]

Heee....XP boot floppies?  _NOT_ a fun thing, though they do exist.

Paul's got it.  Tell the BIOS to boot from the floppy (or the HDD-#
location of the CD-ROM in the chain) and boot from the CD.

Format, make sure you choose NTFS (FAT32 sucks), and don't do a quick
format.

-bh

On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Paul L Fisher wrote:

> Just boot off of the CD and it will let you clear the HD of any previous
> stuff.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Fisher" <ianf@eden.rutgers.edu>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:44 AM
> Subject: [Shotimes] Way OT: fdisk and format
>
>
> > I am building my g/f's computer here and I plan to install XP on it.
> > Ummm..I managed to find a single floppy disk to create a startup disk (I
> > am a CD-R kinda guy) but I need format and fdisk so I can format her
> > harddrive (ok, no comments please) I looked around my copy of XP and
> > can't find them. How and where can I go about finding them so I can
> > finish this thing?
> >
> > By the way, I am extremely jealous of her system
> >
> > Mine:
> > White case
> > Pioneer 10X DVD (I think)
> > HP 8200 CD-RW  (4x2x20?)
> > PII 450
> > 640 MB SDRAM
> > Adaptec SCSI card
> > Iomega SCSI zip (never use it; free from a Mac, along with the SCSI
> > card)
> > Seagate 7200 rpm 20gig HDD
> > Western Digital (boo) 5200 rpm 6 gig
> > Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value
> > 3dfx vodoo 5500 (64MB) AGP
> > Gigabyte board, I think
> > USR 56K modem
> > 3com 10/100
> > 17" SONY Trinitron
> >
> > Hers:
> > All black, everything..looks awesome
> > Lite-On 40X DVD
> > Lite-on CD-RW (don't remember the speed; fast though)
> > P4 2.4 Ghz
> > 256 MB DDR
> > Seagate 7200 rpm 80gig HDD
> > 6 channel on board audio
> > ATI video AGP, I forget how much memory
> > ASUS motherboard, Intel chipset with Northwood bridge
> > V.92 modem
> > 3 com 10/100
> > NEC AccuSync (I think it's a rebadged SONY)
> >
> > And much more
> > This motherboard is awesome..I love ASUS boards..
> >
> > I just knocked 50 CDRs on the floor :(
> >
> > Ian
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