fredvarlese
IS-IT--Management
I am useing Windows 2000 Professional.I case I want to reformat my PC. Where can I make a boot disk to reformat my C:\ Drive Thanks frednvarlese@comcast.net
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Reformating Windows 2000 Professional 1
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....may be useful link.
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WindowWizard
IS-IT--Management
To create setup disks
Insert a blank, formatted, 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB disk into the floppy disk drive.
Insert the Windows 2000 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type d:\bootdisk\makeboot a: (where d: is the drive letter assigned to your CD-ROM drive), and then click OK.
Follow the screen prompts.
Important
You will need four blank, formatted, 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB floppy disks. Label them Setup Disk One, Setup Disk Two, Setup Disk Three, and Setup Disk Four.
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To create an Emergency Repair Disk
Open Backup.
On the Tools menu, click Create an Emergency Repair Disk.
Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
Important
You will need a blank 1.44 MB floppy disk to create an Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).
The repair process relies on information that is saved in the systemroot\repair folder. You must not change or delete this folder.
Notes
To start Backup, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Backup.
Choosing Also back up the registry to the repair directory will save your current registry files in a folder within your systemroot/repair folder. This is useful if you need to recover your system in the event your hard disk has failed.
If you are using Windows 2000 Professional, see the Windows 2000 Professional Getting Started online book or the Windows 2000 Professional Getting Started book that came with your Windows 2000 CD. If you are using Windows 2000 Server, see the Disaster Recovery How to section.
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Insert a blank, formatted, 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB disk into the floppy disk drive.
Insert the Windows 2000 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type d:\bootdisk\makeboot a: (where d: is the drive letter assigned to your CD-ROM drive), and then click OK.
Follow the screen prompts.
Important
You will need four blank, formatted, 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB floppy disks. Label them Setup Disk One, Setup Disk Two, Setup Disk Three, and Setup Disk Four.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
To create an Emergency Repair Disk
Open Backup.
On the Tools menu, click Create an Emergency Repair Disk.
Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
Important
You will need a blank 1.44 MB floppy disk to create an Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).
The repair process relies on information that is saved in the systemroot\repair folder. You must not change or delete this folder.
Notes
To start Backup, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Backup.
Choosing Also back up the registry to the repair directory will save your current registry files in a folder within your systemroot/repair folder. This is useful if you need to recover your system in the event your hard disk has failed.
If you are using Windows 2000 Professional, see the Windows 2000 Professional Getting Started online book or the Windows 2000 Professional Getting Started book that came with your Windows 2000 CD. If you are using Windows 2000 Server, see the Disaster Recovery How to section.
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Fred,
You can just boot from the 2k install CD - the install process has partitioning tools which let you remove, create & format partitions.
Or of course you can use a win98 boot floppy, fdisk & format (fat & fat32 only). has boot disks if you haven't.
You can just boot from the 2k install CD - the install process has partitioning tools which let you remove, create & format partitions.
Or of course you can use a win98 boot floppy, fdisk & format (fat & fat32 only). has boot disks if you haven't.
chopperman
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If you are using 2K with NTFS partitions, and you want to
run another O.S. you might find life easier to boot from a
Windows 95 boot disk and then use Delpart.exe which will remove NTFS partitions.
Delpart can be found here - You can get a 95 boot disk here-
good luck, chopperman
run another O.S. you might find life easier to boot from a
Windows 95 boot disk and then use Delpart.exe which will remove NTFS partitions.
Delpart can be found here - You can get a 95 boot disk here-
good luck, chopperman
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