Good way to format HD?

[mike2]

Hi.

What is a good way to format a HD instead of making a boot disk then type fdisk ?
Because our laptop HD needs formating.We are planning to format it with Norton Ghost 7.5 .
Is there a better way to do this?

[Pirate]

If you are going to install XP , then it's nothing more than inserting the cd and start from there . It format/partition/repartition the HD . After you get it installed , then use Norton Ghost then you can figure the rest yourself

[Lightning]

start--run--format c:

[VisionIT]

Originally posted by Lightning
start--run--format c:

If you think about that for just a moment... you'll realise how stupid it is!

[Lightning]

Why is is stupid. You'll need to reinstall windows (or any other OS). So, that the PC won't work after the "format" command who cares. He asked for a good way of formating his HD, this is a good way...

[Pirate]

Originally posted by Lightning
Why is is stupid. You'll need to reinstall windows (or any other OS). So, that the PC won't work after the "format" command who cares. He asked for a good way of formating his HD, this is a good way...

No , it's not a good way . Simply just insert a bootable cd (XP , Win2000 or ME) and that's it . No format commands , just follow the instructions .

[VisionIT]

Lightning...

How can you format your root hard disk whilst running windows? Think about it!

You can type "Format x:" where x is not the root windows partition... but it is impossible to format any hard disk whilst windows is accessing the MBR!

You NEED to be at a DOS/BASH prompt before trying to format any root partioned hard drive.

Now do you see why it's incredibly stupid?