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merlin802   01-07-2003 at 02:14:19 AM

Just built my first PC (fingers crossed) and I believe that I need to format my new hard drive before installing Windows. The only options I get when I boot from the WINXP CD is to either load Windows or exit. Will I get an option to format the hard drive if I choose Load Windows?

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khha4113   01-07-2003 at 02:43:13 AM
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Yes.

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lhgpoobaa   01-07-2003 at 02:45:14 AM
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Good answer :smile:
I was just about to say the same thing!

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elzt   01-07-2003 at 02:57:47 AM
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Actually, installing WinXP or 2000 is much easier than installing Win9x. Micro$oft has done a good job in simplifying the OS installation.

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slickstaa   01-07-2003 at 04:42:53 AM
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Yes, windows xp will most likely automatically format it using NTFS.
(echo)

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Crashman   01-07-2003 at 06:52:37 AM
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No, it ask you if you want to format and what file system you want to use.

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slickstaa   01-07-2003 at 10:45:25 PM
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but it will only format in NTFS above 32 gigs. You have to use a boot disk if you want to use FAT32 above that.

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lhgpoobaa   01-08-2003 at 12:25:02 AM
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Eh? that sounds wierd. With win2k you can format whatever as ntfs. did my 5gig partion as ntfs under the boot instillation.

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slickstaa   01-08-2003 at 12:55:40 AM
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nonono what i meant was the only option was NTFS above 32GB. You can format NTFS with almost anything. You just can't do FAT32 from winxp setup over 32GB.

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lhgpoobaa   01-08-2003 at 01:47:32 AM
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oh yeah. :smile:
I know in circumstances you can get fat32 partitions over 32Gb in size, but who wants 64k cluster sizes? Yeeech!

Fat64 in the future maybe?

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slickstaa   01-08-2003 at 04:14:15 AM
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lol who knows...

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