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May 17th, 2005 15:00
Formatting Hard Drive
I have a Dimension XPS .What is the proper procedure for formatting the hard drive? I started in safe mode with a command line but tried the comand I new but this did not work. Windows was still running. Any Commad Prompt i go to says the same thing. I am having to do this because of viruses and know how to get all software installed.
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shesagordie
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Posted May 17th, 2005 19:00
Jerry_Horne.How to Configure a Dimension XPS to Boot From the CD Drive
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?dn=1079014How to Install Windows XP Operating System on Dimension XPSBev.- To be completely safe, you can boot to the XP cd and reformat your entire drive.then boot to a write-protected floppy disk and fdisk /MBR to clean your master boot record on your drive(s). I suppose if you wish to be insanely secure, you can low-level format your drive in case of floating sectors, but that is not a common vulnerability that is exploited.If you think your MBR is fine, then just reformat and re-install windows.gl.
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Posted May 18th, 2005 21:00
I formatted and reinstalled Windows 2000. Now I am getting Stop Error messages on blue screen before windows starts.
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