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中国DOS联盟论坛 » 其它操作系统综合讨论区 » Question for the experts``` how do I format XP??? View 849　Replies 6

Original Poster Posted 2003-07-28 00:00　·　中国云南曲靖罗平县电信

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I downloaded a Super Emergency Boot Disk v2003.07.12 from DOS Home and installed it onto a floppy disk.
After booting from the floppy into DOS,
I still can't format the C drive where XP is installed.

Because of some carelessness on my part,
I installed two copies of XP on C.
Now I want to wipe C
and reinstall one XP.
Could the experts please tell me how I can enter DOS and format the C drive?
The C drive is in NTFS format``

Thanks, thanks

Floor 2 Posted 2003-07-28 00:00　·　中国香港

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Use fdisk to delete the C drive, then create C again.

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Floor 3 Posted 2003-07-28 00:00　·　中国广东佛山顺德区电信

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Using the WIN2K or WINXP boot CD itself will also work. Remember, although the FORMAT command in WINXP and WIN2K is the same as in WIN9X, it can format NTFS partitions, while WIN9X cannot.

Floor 4 Posted 2003-07-29 00:00　·　中国北京教育网

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Use a bootable

installation CD, that also works --- format it with NTFS!

Floor 5 Posted 2003-07-30 00:00　·　中国浙江湖州电信

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That shouldn't be necessary, right? format/q/u c:

Floor 6 Posted 2003-08-01 00:00　·　中国上海松江区电信

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Boot with the installation CD, then first delete the C partition, and then use it to format C; you can use FAT or NTFS.

Floor 7 Posted 2003-08-04 00:00　·　中国湖南湘潭电信

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Use the XP installation CD to format C:
DOS doesn't recognize it
Best to use DISKMAN

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