re: Thanks guys!!! One more ? Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at 1:59 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Ricer46 (22013 messages posted) Other than losing all existing data, there is no harm done in formatting a hard drive. It is just writing to the drive, which is normal operation. On Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at 11:31 am, Jaime wrote: >Using your suggestions, I created a Windows98 bootdisk from bootdisk.com and made >sure it had format.exe, so that I would be able to format the computer. The DOS >prompt came up, and I was able to format it with no problems. Thank you very much. > Also, whever I formated it, the System drive switched back over to C:, eliminating >that problem as well. > >I have one more question though...what are the drawbacks of formatting your hard >drive? Obviously you lose all your files, but does it harm your computer in anyway, >damage internal hardware or anything like that? > Written in response to: Thanks guys!!! One more ? (Jaime: Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at 11:31 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Two copies of WinXP - One Computer (Jaime: Mon, Feb 3, 2003, 7:58 pm) re: Two copies of WinXP - One Computer (Tom Swanson: Mon, Feb 3, 2003, 8:31 pm) re: Two copies of WinXP - One Computer (Derrell Simpson: Tue, Feb 4, 2003, 4:26 am) re: Two copies of WinXP - One Computer (Anthony I Bejarano: Mon, Feb 3, 2003, 11:37 pm) re: Two copies of WinXP - One Computer (Anthony I Bejarano: Mon, Feb 3, 2003, 11:48 pm) Thanks guys!!! One more ? (Jaime: Tue, Feb 4, 2003, 11:31 am) re: Thanks guys!!! One more ? (Ricer46: Tue, Feb 4, 2003, 1:59 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum