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Reformatting Hard Drive
Hello I am just bought a second user computer and the original owner seems
to have removed a number of programs and files. The resulting drive is fragmented and although it has been defragged I would like to reformat the hard drive so that I can effectively install what software and files I wish. I would be grateful if anyone could post with how you do it as I have never reformatted a hard drive before. I have windows XP Home that I will put on after the drive is formatted but just need instructions on formatting the drive. Thanks Colin |
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Asked and answered elsewhere
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Colin Brittain" wrote in message ... Hello I am just bought a second user computer and the original owner seems to have removed a number of programs and files. The resulting drive is fragmented and although it has been defragged I would like to reformat the hard drive so that I can effectively install what software and files I wish. I would be grateful if anyone could post with how you do it as I have never reformatted a hard drive before. I have windows XP Home that I will put on after the drive is formatted but just need instructions on formatting the drive. Thanks Colin |
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Thank you for the information, although I do not see why there are links
such as " Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's". This has nothing to do with my posting. If the link is as result of me posting elsewhere then I do not apologise for this action as being new to newsgroups I have to learn my way. Perhaps when you posted for the first time on a newsgroup your own posting was not so hot'!! I came for advice and did not know that posting to newsgroups can be so 'bitchy'? "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Asked and answered elsewhere -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Colin Brittain" wrote in message ... Hello I am just bought a second user computer and the original owner seems to have removed a number of programs and files. The resulting drive is fragmented and although it has been defragged I would like to reformat the hard drive so that I can effectively install what software and files I wish. I would be grateful if anyone could post with how you do it as I have never reformatted a hard drive before. I have windows XP Home that I will put on after the drive is formatted but just need instructions on formatting the drive. Thanks Colin |
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Colin.......the link is a standard part of his sig line......it had nothing
to do with you in particular. But it might not hurt to have a look at it if you are *new to news groups*. There was no *bitchiness* intended......it was only your perception. If you posted the question on another ng (which you obviously did) and he answered it on that one......why should it be repeated? SOP, as the saying goes. Hope you get up on the right side of the bed tomorrow.....(G) Heather "Colin Brittain" wrote in message ... Thank you for the information, although I do not see why there are links such as " Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's". This has nothing to do with my posting. If the link is as result of me posting elsewhere then I do not apologise for this action as being new to newsgroups I have to learn my way. Perhaps when you posted for the first time on a newsgroup your own posting was not so hot'!! I came for advice and did not know that posting to newsgroups can be so 'bitchy'? "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Asked and answered elsewhere -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Colin Brittain" wrote in message ... Hello I am just bought a second user computer and the original owner seems to have removed a number of programs and files. The resulting drive is fragmented and although it has been defragged I would like to reformat the hard drive so that I can effectively install what software and files I wish. I would be grateful if anyone could post with how you do it as I have never reformatted a hard drive before. I have windows XP Home that I will put on after the drive is formatted but just need instructions on formatting the drive. Thanks Colin |
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Colin Brittain wrote:
Thank you for the information, although I do not see why there are links such as " Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's". This has nothing to do with my posting. That's part of Noel's automatic "sig"(signature); that particular one is good reading. It has nothing to do with your post in particular. Rick |
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