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Old May 26th 04, 10:40 AM
albertloo
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Hi,can somebody tell me how to format a used hard disk.
Thanks !
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Old May 26th 04, 12:47 PM
philo
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"albertloo" wrote in message
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Hi,can somebody tell me how to format a used hard disk.
Thanks !



once it's installed and detected in the bios

if it is the only drive in the machine, just bootup with your floppy

and issue the command format C:


if you are adding the drive to an existing system

you can just format it from within windows...just use the appropriate drive
letter


 




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