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Formatting by Nathan on 06-25-2006 at 11:18 AM
Ok,,
I have vista on my hdd, and it fucked up XP 
so I want to format both drives...
C:\ + D:\
Can you do this in CMD while your usign the OS, or do you have to boot into safe mode?
I have tried putting in the vista dics and opening CMD but it doesnt recongnize the command
code:and i cant bott into safe mode with vista (i dont think you can)
format C:\
I dont have the XP disc its at school
so any programs etc...
RE: Formatting by user27089 on 06-25-2006 at 11:19 AM
You can format any hard drive that you're not currently booting from, the only way you'll format c: is by using the windows xp disk.
RE: Formatting by markee on 06-25-2006 at 12:15 PM
Can't you also format a non-system drive just by right-clicking it in my computer rather than using command lines? I know that traxor is right about needing you XP disc though (took 2 days for me and my dad to work out that one when we did it the first time )
RE: Formatting by Vexor on 06-26-2006 at 09:44 AM
Yes you can do that (right clicking to format) for any drives that youa re not currently booted from. But the only way to format your boot drive is to boot up off of a cd (XP cd, or a cd run linux)
Im about to do the same thing to put vista on.