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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:09 pm    Post subject: Can't reformat Reply with quote

http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic53502.html

I follow that tutorial and when I try to delete the partition it gives me an error saying we still need files on the partition and so I can't delete it. Can anyone help me out?

OS: XP Media Center
Disc: Media Center Disc

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Skip steps 1 and 2.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The way i format is quicker and easier:

download Hirens boot cd 9.3 and burn it as an image (use nero) on a CD.

now boot your pc while the Cd is inside, oh note:

if your PC doesn't boot from CD, do this:

go to bios
look somewhere for "boot options" and make the first boot device boot from Hard Drive and the second one from CD-ROM (Read-Only Memory)

now, while you're in the boot cd, choose 1 and 1 again (Partition magic pro)

and choose your harddisk you want to format (uncheck surface test, it's useless and takes 40min), the format process takes 1min, after that, reboot and re-insert your XP media center CD and install Smile

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

also, you can partition in your Computer Managment Window

Right click My Computer, Manage
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mychilli wrote:
also, you can partition in your Computer Managment Window

Right click My Computer, Manage


yep, that's another nice way to do it, but you'll ve forced to reboot so it's almost the same.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TY ALL! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We needs Stickies
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mychilli wrote:
We needs Stickies


Yea and the first one should be how to format a computer.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

when worse comes to worse, look up DBAN.

bizarrely enough, I had a HD once that would fail to format until I zeroed the thing
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

slovach wrote:
when worse comes to worse, look up DBAN.

bizarrely enough, I had a HD once that would fail to format until I zeroed the thing


can you use DBAN to reformat?

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

,,!,,(-.-),,!,, wrote:
slovach wrote:
when worse comes to worse, look up DBAN.

bizarrely enough, I had a HD once that would fail to format until I zeroed the thing


can you use DBAN to reformat?


Just use hirens boot cd, google it.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

,,!,,(-.-),,!,, wrote:
slovach wrote:
when worse comes to worse, look up DBAN.

bizarrely enough, I had a HD once that would fail to format until I zeroed the thing


can you use DBAN to reformat?


it will zero your drive, not actually format it with a proper filesystem and all that.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

just reformat wit cd
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you still cant reformat.
use a program called
Killdisk
it deletes everything on your harddisk in a split of a second =)
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