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Old 12-15-2005, 12:50 PM   #1
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how to format disk running on WinXP

maybe a dumb question.. but really.. what is the easiest way ?

i dont have a WinXP cd-rom anymore, i dont have a floppy but i do have two hard disks and a FreeBSD installation cd. any ideas ?
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Old 12-15-2005, 12:57 PM   #2
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What do you want to do, replace winxp with freebsd? or just wipe a drive?
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Old 12-15-2005, 12:58 PM   #3
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What do you want to do, replace winxp with freebsd? or just wipe a drive?
replace winxp with freebsd
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Old 12-15-2005, 01:00 PM   #4
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replace winxp with freebsd
i want to clean everything from the disk first though
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Old 12-15-2005, 01:04 PM   #5
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right click the partition and press format
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Old 12-15-2005, 02:08 PM   #6
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right click the partition and press format
you could make a partition using bsd and fdisk, but you need to format it through win. do the thing above then... ;)
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Old 12-15-2005, 03:48 PM   #7
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Go to your command prompt and use either of the following:
FORMAT C: /Q (straight quick format)
FORMAT C: /FS:NTFS (if you want ntfs)
FORMAT C: /FS:FAT32 (if you want fat32)

Hope it helps you out
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