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Anyone still around?
Anyone know how to reformat a hard drive?
Or where a decent fool-proof guide is?
Preferably tonight?!
Cheers
Anyone know how to reformat a hard drive?
Or where a decent fool-proof guide is?
Preferably tonight?!
Cheers
Heh, cheers dude.
But after having had one last try, and being unable to convince it to make XP work (and no hope of a product key any time soon), I think I'll give up quietly.
It's kind of lame though - I thought after reformatting it would have taken XP from the CD alone, like a new machine.
Oh well, maybe I can get a couple of hours sleep yet
:^O (yawn)
But after having had one last try, and being unable to convince it to make XP work (and no hope of a product key any time soon), I think I'll give up quietly.
It's kind of lame though - I thought after reformatting it would have taken XP from the CD alone, like a new machine.
Oh well, maybe I can get a couple of hours sleep yet
:^O (yawn)
See?
I'm with you every step of the way, dude.
I'm with you every step of the way, dude.
Haaaarrrrrr
I did it.
Only to be boned again by my lover-boy Bill.
So I figured out why drive F wasn't responding - it was because setup, on the disk, had been shuffled into a directory. And E was allocated to the other optical drive.
So I specified setup.exe's path thing, within the appropriate directory, and all seemed to be sorted - half an hour 'til I can go to bed.
Then..
Product Key.
Oh crap. I don't think I can be bothered to rummage for it.
If I could make the thing start itself using my XP boot disk I'd be fine, no problem.
And since I just reformatted, I'm not sure why it won't let me.
Oh well, I feel like I've at least achieved something - if I had the product key I could be on my way, home free. I sort of know how to reformat a hard drive.
I did it.
Only to be boned again by my lover-boy Bill.
So I figured out why drive F wasn't responding - it was because setup, on the disk, had been shuffled into a directory. And E was allocated to the other optical drive.
So I specified setup.exe's path thing, within the appropriate directory, and all seemed to be sorted - half an hour 'til I can go to bed.
Then..
Product Key.
Oh crap. I don't think I can be bothered to rummage for it.
If I could make the thing start itself using my XP boot disk I'd be fine, no problem.
And since I just reformatted, I'm not sure why it won't let me.
Oh well, I feel like I've at least achieved something - if I had the product key I could be on my way, home free. I sort of know how to reformat a hard drive.
"not ready reading drive E"
It was supposed to be so easy.
All the guides stopped at this point. The disk was just supposed to start up, and I was there.
Yeah, right.
When it stops 'reading drive E', it tells me 'bad command or mumble mumble'.
It's quater past five, I'm disillusioned, and I don't know when I'll sleep. Bill Gates makes me cry.
It was supposed to be so easy.
All the guides stopped at this point. The disk was just supposed to start up, and I was there.
Yeah, right.
When it stops 'reading drive E', it tells me 'bad command or mumble mumble'.
It's quater past five, I'm disillusioned, and I don't know when I'll sleep. Bill Gates makes me cry.
Yay. It's 4 am and a frankenstein computer is in the process of formatting its c drive.
It looks like I might have been better using the other computer's hard drive, I couldn't be bothered to go dig it out and compare capacities, after all the mither breaking into the fort-knox-esque drive bay rig (very old tower) with only an oversized flathead screwdriver.
I suppose I could have put them both in (though it'd confuse my sister, when she gets it).
Might do anyway if I finish this first one in reasonable time.
I have a feeling I should have planned this a little better, instead of diving into two non-functioning computers at 2 am, having never reformatted a drive in my life before tonight.
Ah well, I'll go see how the formatting is getting on.
Wish me luck, you sleeping masses.
It looks like I might have been better using the other computer's hard drive, I couldn't be bothered to go dig it out and compare capacities, after all the mither breaking into the fort-knox-esque drive bay rig (very old tower) with only an oversized flathead screwdriver.
I suppose I could have put them both in (though it'd confuse my sister, when she gets it).
Might do anyway if I finish this first one in reasonable time.
I have a feeling I should have planned this a little better, instead of diving into two non-functioning computers at 2 am, having never reformatted a drive in my life before tonight.
Ah well, I'll go see how the formatting is getting on.
Wish me luck, you sleeping masses.
Anyone still around?
Anyone know how to reformat a hard drive?
Or where a decent fool-proof guide is?
Preferably tonight?!
Cheers
Anyone know how to reformat a hard drive?
Or where a decent fool-proof guide is?
Preferably tonight?!
Cheers