How do I Format my hard disk that has Windows 2000 installed

livo · 11-28-2005, 12:22 PM

Formatting my hard disk that has Windows 2000 installed

I went to "my computer" and found "manager" selected "format" but a message appeared that said that it could not format (itself) the disk containing Windows 2000

Question:
Can someone please detail the procedure for me to format my hard disk,
so that it is completely empty, and ready for me to reinstall Windows 2000?

**Resolution** · 11-28-2005, 01:27 PM

You can't format Windows while you are in Windows. Just boot from the 2000 CD, delete the Windows 2000 partition, format the unpartitioned space as NTFS, and install Windows 2000 on it again. It's that simple.

If you are still confused then read the following...

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/wind...dhdd/index.htm

Note that the partition they delete in the link I gave you is FAT32. Your partition should be NTFS.

livo · 11-29-2005, 02:51 PM

Thank you very much
I did what you said and it worked!!

**Resolution** · 11-29-2005, 02:52 PM

Good to know.

11-28-2005, 12:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
livo Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 12 OS: WIN 2000	How do I Format my hard disk that has Windows 2000 installed Formatting my hard disk that has Windows 2000 installed I went to "my computer" and found "manager" selected "format" but a message appeared that said that it could not format (itself) the disk containing Windows 2000 Question: Can someone please detail the procedure for me to format my hard disk, so that it is completely empty, and ready for me to reinstall Windows 2000?

11-28-2005, 01:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
Resolution TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,091 OS: FreeBSD/Win98/2000/XP	You can't format Windows while you are in Windows. Just boot from the 2000 CD, delete the Windows 2000 partition, format the unpartitioned space as NTFS, and install Windows 2000 on it again. It's that simple. If you are still confused then read the following... http://www.windowsreinstall.com/wind...dhdd/index.htm Note that the partition they delete in the link I gave you is FAT32. Your partition should be NTFS.

11-29-2005, 02:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
livo Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 12 OS: WIN 2000	Thank you very much I did what you said and it worked!!

11-29-2005, 02:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
Resolution TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,091 OS: FreeBSD/Win98/2000/XP	Good to know.