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Been having a few problems of late with the PC so........................
I'm about to hit format c: and start from scratch with Windows XP. If you never see me again then at least you'll know why. :shock:
Hopefully I'll see y'all later. If not...............it's been nice knowing you, byeeeeeeeeeee! confused
Steve
(Wish me luck)
Jags
Sex God
:shock: :shock: :shock:
x xx x
gilbert
Orgasminator
just hope you are all backed up
good luck
Gilbert
Unknown User
Good luck dude,
done that a few times and ended up not on web for a fortnight lol
See Ya
ChairmanMiaow
Sexpert
NO! STEVE! WAIT ! You've pressed the wrong button!

AIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeee...
tallnhairy
Sex God
Only format, real men use Fdisk...
Sticks out chest so light glints off anorak zipper ;)
CopsandNobbers
Sexpert
Quote by tallnhairy
Only format, real men use Fdisk..

dont use F disk with XP m8
JQL
Orgasminator
If you were feeling a bit more adventerous you could always do
format c: /u
warning:
For those of you who don't know what "format c:" or "fdisk" is DON'T do it. To give you some idea of what they do, fdisk is sometimes refered to as F*ck the Disk.
tallnhairy
Sex God
Damn, man with better anorak ;)
Assume it all like 2k now hiding in the install gui... no bring back my command line...
EDIT: nah far more fun format c: /u /y /q
JQL
Orgasminator
Now that's plain nasty :twisted:
tallnhairy
Sex God
Yup that me, quick translation for any non anoraks out there (been a while so I could be wrong)
/u - unconditional (So you cant go back)
/q - Quick (Dont check it, just do it)
/y - Same as typing Y to the 'Are you sure message' so it should just go and wipe your disc
JQL
Orgasminator
If I remember correctly the /y was taken out as people were abusing it...
You have to do something like format c: /u /q << echo y
But I'll go off and read my DOS manual and check the exact syntax.
JQL
Orgasminator
And some of us don't drink herbal tea :P
Real men do caffine intraveniously... lol
bolt
CopsandNobbers
Sexpert
Quote by Mark
Real men don't use MS Windows at all :P ;)

correct. Linux is the way to go, just wish more people knew about it.
JQL
Orgasminator
Quote by CopsandNobbers
Real men don't use MS Windows at all :P ;)

correct. Linux is the way to go, just wish more people knew about it.
For a real bullet proof system you want VMS anything else is just kids stuff.
Unknown User
Well....I'm back. biggrin
Didn't manage to achieve what I wanted to achieve though. confused
I was running Windows ME and no matter what I did I couldn't get the damn PC to boot up in MS-dos so I've ended up installing Windows XP over the top of it. Maybe that's good enough but I'd have prefered a clean start. sad
And I've lost my bloody sound somehow! mad
Steve
CopsandNobbers
Sexpert
ensure u have sound drivers installed (should be on motherboard or sound card disk)
JQL
Orgasminator
Steve,
With Windows ME you need an older boot up disk like 98 or 95. Boot from that and FDISK the HDD, then you can do a clean re-install.
sussexguy
Orgasminator
If you go into BIOS and change the boot order to the CD drive first, plonk in the XP CD then follow the on screen instructions, you can reformat and install from there.
CopsandNobbers
Sexpert
its been a while , but JQL cant u also insert XP CD , set pc to boot to CDrom , and format HDD with XP ? ... pretty sure thats how i last did it
CopsandNobbers
Sexpert
Quote by sussexguy
If you go into BIOS and change the boot order to the CD drive first, plonk in the XP CD then follow the on screen instructions, you can reformat and install from there.

yup , thats what i thought , lol lol
Unknown User
We have sound. biggrin
Steve
tallnhairy
Sex God
see did need Fdisk (Doesn't feel so old now) smile
Steve I always like to do a complete clean start, but removing the partition in XP and recreating it pretty clean mate :) If you did that of course (and if that in XP not just 2K, been a while...)
CopsandNobbers
Sexpert
Quote by steveg_nw
We have sound. biggrin
Steve

nice one steve lol
JQL
Orgasminator
Ah but if you boot from the XP CD and use the XP partition manager you are usually left with a choice of Boot partitions when starting the PC.
(yes I do know how to get rid of them, but most XP users won't).
FDISK does a better job IMHO
Well done on the Sound Steve.
CopsandNobbers
Sexpert
hmmm, not gonna carry on this , rapidly turning into geek central , and the lady i have met may decide against a return visit if i show my true geek colours lol
sussexguy
Orgasminator
Quote by JQL
Ah but if you boot from the XP CD and use the XP partition manager you are usually left with a choice of Boot partitions when starting the PC..

Not had that problem, but then again I've only done it on two different comps.
JQL
Orgasminator
Quote by CopsandNobbers
hmmm, not gonna carry on this , rapidly turning into geek central , and the lady i have met may decide against a return visit if i show my true geek colours lol

Chicken :lol:
JQL
Orgasminator
Quote by sussexguy
Ah but if you boot from the XP CD and use the XP partition manager you are usually left with a choice of Boot partitions when starting the PC..

Not had that problem, but then again I've only done it on two different comps.
It's more a problem with NT but it does happen with XP if you re-install XP without using a DOS FDISK.
Unknown User
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