Please help me on how to reformat hardisk in step by step procedure:(

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Hi, trince,
Do you have an windows operating system on your computer now? Such as 98, 2000, xp?
If you have Win98/98SE, here are steps:
Turn off the computer.
Insert the Boot Floppy Disk into the Floppy Drive (A Drive), then turn on the computer.

Wait until it comes up to the A:> prompt.
We must do do an "FDISK", which will delete and re-create a DOS partition for the Full Version.

At the A:\ prompt Type: FDISK and press ENTER.
Press ENTER to select Large Disk Support.
Select Option 3, Delete partition or Logical DOS drive. (whatever option # this is)
Select Extended Partion, then
Delete Extended partition.
Select delete Primary DOS Partition.
Press ESC.
Select Create Primary DOS Partition.
Choose Yes to use maximum size.(100%)
Press ENTER when prompted for a Volume Label.
When Back at the FDISK Menu, select Set Active Partition.
Press ESC on the keyboard.

Now, if you wish to format the hard drive, then:
Re-boot and,
At the A:> prompt, type in FORMAT C: /S
It will look like A:>FORMAT C: /S
(The /S will copy system files to the harddrive).
Press Enter.
When it finishes formatting, then go to the next steps.

If you have another operating system, other than Win98/98SE, please post back for help. Thank you.

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Originally Posted by trince

please help me on how to reformat hardisk in step by step procedure:(

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Unfortunately you left out an important piece of info, namely what Operating System (version of Windows). The procedure for reformatting is dependent on that. The instructions you got were for Win 98.

I would also like to know why you want to reformat. Usually reformatting is a last resort to fix problems that may be more easily fixed other ways.

One other point which neither answer dealt with. Before starting the reformat, you need to prepare. This means making sure you have Windows disks to reinstall Windows, drivers disks for all your hardware, installation disks or files for all your programs. Also you need to back up any data you want to keep, like documents, e-mail, pictures, etc.