How to format a hard drive

[caudalie]

I was wondering, are there any other ways to format a hardrive for windows 98 instead of typing that format :c command???

If i remember correctly my uncle format my computer before and he used a floppy disc and he did somthing, can someone help me please

 

[diogenes10]

This site gives you a variety of information about harddrives including some formatting steps when replacing a drive. Maybe this will be helpful to you.

http://howto.lycos.com/lycos/series/1,,5+26+35994+34536+23520,00.html

 

[mtboulder]

You can format the drive using FDISK command. This will erase all of your data. The W98SE usually comes with a floppy that has FDISK on it. Put it in the A: drive and restart the computer and you should be able to type c:FDISK.

Another option is to look at the drive manufacture's website and you may be able to download an utility to re-format the drive.

 

[RiceBoy]

Fdisk is the best bet and make sure you know what format you want your HD in...FAT16 (as some Win98 Boot Disks will format it in), or FAT32 (as mine does) or the OS like (WinXP..which will want NTFS unless previously formatted in FAT32).

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[NiteMareBug]

doesn't FDISK just create the partition? you still have to format the partition with the FORMAT command?

 

[edfair]

Yes, NiteMareBug. You are correct.

Caulalie,
Your uncle probably used the boot disk with CD support and ran the setup command on the CD. It automatically fdisks, formats, and sets up the OS.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[dbk4297]

Hi,

Check here for full fdisk and format instructions.

http://home.pacbell.net/dbk4297/fdiskformat.html

Darrell,

http://home.pacbell.net/dbk4297/

 

[mainegeek]

Also, using the disk utility that comes with the hard drive is a quick method of partitioning and formating.

 

[caudalie]

THANKS A LOT EVERYONE