[SOLVED] hard drive format without XP

Als_dive · 07-01-2009, 08:04 AM

dose any one know how to fromat hard drive after being used inside windows XP outside XP evniroment???

**wmorri** · 07-01-2009, 10:44 AM

Hi,

I am not really sure as to what you mean. Are you asking if there are any programs that allow you to format your hdd that don't require Windows or another OS to be run from?

Cheers!

shuuhen · 07-02-2009, 08:23 AM

Could you clarify what you want? It sounds like you want to format your hard drive that holds your install of Windows XP, so you're looking for a formatting tool that does not require you to be booted into that specific install of Windows.

Knoppix, GParted Live and probably a lot of other live CD distributions would come with disk formatting tools.

Als_dive · 07-03-2009, 03:26 AM

thanks to all will use these ideas and some others, want to format the drive with other OS and just to install any OS???

**Done_Fishin** · 07-03-2009, 03:07 PM

boot from XP CD .. procedd to where they ask where you want to do the install. When you are pronpted to delete partitions .. delete them

use Gparted or Magic Parted Live CD's, boot and the use the partition tools to remove whatever you don't want.

There is no point in formatting the partition although you can create partitions should you want, until you know what you are going to install. Windows will require NTFS or FAT32. Linux will want partitions formatted as EXT2,EXT3 , reiserfs and/or SWAP.
You can leave the install to decide what you need or do it manually (slightly more tricky and requires research)

07-01-2009, 08:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
Als_dive Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 60 OS: XP SP2	[SOLVED] hard drive format without XP dose any one know how to fromat hard drive after being used inside windows XP outside XP evniroment??? Last edited by Als_dive; 07-01-2009 at 08:06 AM.

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wmorri Moderator/Fedora Amb. Join Date: May 2008 Location: /pm/etc Posts: 2,811 OS: Window 7/Fedora 10 My System	Re: hard drive format without XP Hi, I am not really sure as to what you mean. Are you asking if there are any programs that allow you to format your hdd that don't require Windows or another OS to be run from? Cheers! __________________ Linux Forever!

07-02-2009, 08:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
shuuhen Manager Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 981 OS: Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS X 10.5.8, WinXP Pro, FreeBSD 6.0, Gentoo Linux My System	Re: hard drive format without XP Could you clarify what you want? It sounds like you want to format your hard drive that holds your install of Windows XP, so you're looking for a formatting tool that does not require you to be booted into that specific install of Windows. Knoppix, GParted Live and probably a lot of other live CD distributions would come with disk formatting tools. __________________ Has it been a few days since I replied to your thread? Don't panic! I'm a busy college student and may forget a post if I'm extra busy (or it might just take me a while to be able to do a decent reply). If you still need help and are awaiting my reply after a few days, PM me about it. When posting what errors you get, please give the full message. It makes helping you much easier.

07-03-2009, 03:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
Als_dive Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 60 OS: XP SP2	Re: hard drive format without XP thanks to all will use these ideas and some others, want to format the drive with other OS and just to install any OS???

07-03-2009, 03:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
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