Formatting Laptop

[Robert]

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Is there any way of formatting the hard drive when the laptop doesn't
have a floppy drive to boot from?

Thank you

 

[Dave]

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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:28:55 -0400, Robert <James@home.net> wrote:

>Is there any way of formatting the hard drive when the laptop doesn't
>have a floppy drive to boot from?
>
>Thank you

Boot from a bootable CD. The WinXP CD is bootable, and you can format
the HD.

Dave

 

[Robert]

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On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:22:26 GMT, Dave <dmjohn29@REMOVE.hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:28:55 -0400, Robert <James@home.net> wrote:
>
>>Is there any way of formatting the hard drive when the laptop doesn't
>>have a floppy drive to boot from?
>>
>>Thank you
>
>Boot from a bootable CD. The WinXP CD is bootable, and you can format
>the HD.
>
>Dave

 

[Dave]

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You're welcome.

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 08:18:53 -0400, Robert <James@home.net> wrote:

>On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:22:26 GMT, Dave <dmjohn29@REMOVE.hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:28:55 -0400, Robert <James@home.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Is there any way of formatting the hard drive when the laptop doesn't
>>>have a floppy drive to boot from?
>>>
>>>Thank you
>>
>>Boot from a bootable CD. The WinXP CD is bootable, and you can format
>>the HD.
>>
>>Dave