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pornjacker · 12-19-2001, 04:50 AM

Ok. let me set all records straight and turn this into most boooring thread ever posted on GFY

Waste, my comments were not aimed at you just the tread in general so we are not enemies ok.

Gaaaaaaaaaagh I fuken hate been seerius but heer goes

Reason why you should never fdisk your drive if you don't understand what your doing
Often drive manufacturers have a special format that compliments the drives hardware, deleting it and using fdisk or allowing bios to auto detect drive settings can leave you with an inefficient hard drive with slower transfer rates and often results in a loss of formatted storage space (use software drivers provided by the manufacturer whenever possible)

If your changing operating systems its not a good idea to format the drive from a floppy using the /s because all the dos tools like "format, fdisk, debug" are written to work with a particular version of the command interpreter (command.com) so if you boot up from the hard drive you will NOT be able to run any dos tools provided with your new OS. (that's "if" you can gain access to the cd rom)

Also call me anal if you like but it irritates the fuck out of me knowing that when windows installs itself onto a drive with a working boot sector it backs up all the unwanted shit and stores it in your windows directories.

A windows startup disk is about 10,000,000 times more useful than a "system disk/boot disk" as mentioned earlier a windows startup disk contains the universal oak cd rom drivers and has all the necessary tools to clean your drive and reinstall windows, it is not important that this disk has a different command.com to your new OS.
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For the benefit of Markus

To completely remove your old operating system and install a new one without fucking up just follow these simple destructions.

You need a floppy disk and also your original windows cd you used to install windows.

Put the floppy disk in the floppy drive and put your cd rom in your cd rom drive (hold the shift key down to stop the windows cd from auto booting when you close the drive door)

Go to your control panel and select "Add/Remove Programs" click the "Startup Disk" tab and click "Create Disk"

Once the startup disk has been created reboot your computer with the floppy disk still in the drive.

It should now boot from the floppy disk and you should see a menu , select the boot option that includes the cd rom drivers. (if you don't boot from the floppy you need to go into bios and change the boot default to a,c)

You should now be at the dos prompt and if you must this is the time to run fdisk and remove your partitions.

Next type " format c:/u " NOT " format c:/s "

Once the disk format has finished put your new OS into the cd rom drive.

Now select your cd rom drive (note that it will now be one letter higher up ... drive E: is now F: because the floppy boot disc creates a ram drive)

Type setup hit enter and install your new OS.
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Now I must go smoke some weed to fully remove any seriousness left in my system, I can't belive I just typed all that shit I read fuken books with less words

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12-19-2001, 04:50 AM
pornjacker Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: UK Posts: 140	Ok. let me set all records straight and turn this into most boooring thread ever posted on GFY Waste, my comments were not aimed at you just the tread in general so we are not enemies ok. Gaaaaaaaaaagh I fuken hate been seerius but heer goes Reason why you should never fdisk your drive if you don't understand what your doing Often drive manufacturers have a special format that compliments the drives hardware, deleting it and using fdisk or allowing bios to auto detect drive settings can leave you with an inefficient hard drive with slower transfer rates and often results in a loss of formatted storage space (use software drivers provided by the manufacturer whenever possible) If your changing operating systems its not a good idea to format the drive from a floppy using the /s because all the dos tools like "format, fdisk, debug" are written to work with a particular version of the command interpreter (command.com) so if you boot up from the hard drive you will NOT be able to run any dos tools provided with your new OS. (that's "if" you can gain access to the cd rom) Also call me anal if you like but it irritates the fuck out of me knowing that when windows installs itself onto a drive with a working boot sector it backs up all the unwanted shit and stores it in your windows directories. A windows startup disk is about 10,000,000 times more useful than a "system disk/boot disk" as mentioned earlier a windows startup disk contains the universal oak cd rom drivers and has all the necessary tools to clean your drive and reinstall windows, it is not important that this disk has a different command.com to your new OS. . . . For the benefit of Markus To completely remove your old operating system and install a new one without fucking up just follow these simple destructions. You need a floppy disk and also your original windows cd you used to install windows. Put the floppy disk in the floppy drive and put your cd rom in your cd rom drive (hold the shift key down to stop the windows cd from auto booting when you close the drive door) Go to your control panel and select "Add/Remove Programs" click the "Startup Disk" tab and click "Create Disk" Once the startup disk has been created reboot your computer with the floppy disk still in the drive. It should now boot from the floppy disk and you should see a menu , select the boot option that includes the cd rom drivers. (if you don't boot from the floppy you need to go into bios and change the boot default to a,c) You should now be at the dos prompt and if you must this is the time to run fdisk and remove your partitions. Next type " format c:/u " NOT " format c:/s " Once the disk format has finished put your new OS into the cd rom drive. Now select your cd rom drive (note that it will now be one letter higher up ... drive E: is now F: because the floppy boot disc creates a ram drive) Type setup hit enter and install your new OS. . . Now I must go smoke some weed to fully remove any seriousness left in my system, I can't belive I just typed all that shit I read fuken books with less words ------------------ All your hits belong to me.