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Rating: 86%, 90 votes
if you are installing a dos based system thn dos formatting is very good
if you are going to use xp then make boot option in setup as bootable from cd rom
put a win xp setup cd in the cdrom drive
it will boot up saying press any key to continue , and follow the scren instructions
the whole process is that simple a hd can be formatted till bad sectors are not shown up upto 8 %. more thna 8& bad sectors cannot load windows, however dos can still be loaded and so also win me so it doesnot affect the hd
what affects is the jerks and voltage supply variations on the har d disk and some bad virus infections and the temperature the hd has ... always leep hd at a tem p lower than 37 degres c
use a fan to achieve this a 12 volt small fan mounted on the hd .
Comments:
Sep 06, 2009
- you mean bootable by win 98 or bootable by xp cd.
Sep 20, 2009
- from bootable cd>>>>> select boot from cdrom in bios.....>>>press f10 boot>>>>> display screen>>> boot from cd rom>>>>> a:
c:
dir
you get a dir of folders and files
give command format c: for a complete format
for a quick format command
format c: /q
for making the hard drive boot to dos
command
format c: /q/s
to verify format
format c: /q/s/v
