re: reformat
Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 7:10 am
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Posted by Al
(42 messages posted)
an fdisk sets up the partitions on a system, a format sets up the hard drive files.
and yes, a format will wipe out all the files on the drive being formatted, you need
to be aware of that consequence. once the format has been done on the C drive, for
example, then you can reload the operating system. you will need device drivers
and the product key. ensure that you have both available before you start. you can
find the product key in the registry, START, RUN, REGEDIT and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion. find the productkey
and copy it down for later use when re-installing windows. good luck, Al
On Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 6:48 am, patrick wrote:
>my mother has plenty of problems with her computer, and it cant be defraged cause
>errors occur when we try. I'm going to go over there an reformat it for her, but
>i've never done this, i've only f disked hard drives. will i need all the computers
>drivers if i only format? will formating from windows help?
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