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Formatting hard disk
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electronicsfreak
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If your wanting to format, easiest way is to use the actual windows 2000 disc(cdrom). Boot from it , choose delete partition, then create a partition and format using ntfs.
Or if your wanting to format by floppy would be make a windows 98 boot disc(floppy), load from it, delete partition, create new one, restart load from floppy again, then type format c: and hit enter and tell it Y when it asks are you sure.
As for using windows 2000 floppys I cant help as ive never used them.
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Or if your wanting to format by floppy would be make a windows 98 boot disc(floppy), load from it, delete partition, create new one, restart load from floppy again, then type format c: and hit enter and tell it Y when it asks are you sure.
As for using windows 2000 floppys I cant help as ive never used them.
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teckystuff
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#Boot with the floppies
# When prompted, press the enter key to setup Windows.
# Press the F8 key to agree with the license agreement
# If a previous Operating System was on the computer that you do not wish to keep, delete the partition before installing Windows. To delete the partition, select the partition you wish to delete and press the D key and then if you are sure, the L key.
# Once the partition has been deleted, press the C key to create a new partition; specify the size of the partition you wish to create, by default this should be the maximum size of the partition.
# Select the partition you want to install windows on and press enter to install, and C to continue with the setup
# If you erased the partition, press enter to continue with the formatting of the NTFS file system.
Your computer will now have been formatted and the new windows 200- install will begin.
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# When prompted, press the enter key to setup Windows.
# Press the F8 key to agree with the license agreement
# If a previous Operating System was on the computer that you do not wish to keep, delete the partition before installing Windows. To delete the partition, select the partition you wish to delete and press the D key and then if you are sure, the L key.
# Once the partition has been deleted, press the C key to create a new partition; specify the size of the partition you wish to create, by default this should be the maximum size of the partition.
# Select the partition you want to install windows on and press enter to install, and C to continue with the setup
# If you erased the partition, press enter to continue with the formatting of the NTFS file system.
Your computer will now have been formatted and the new windows 200- install will begin.
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Formatting is part of the Windows setup. It will get to that step during the setup.
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