Bootdisk necessary when reformatting C drive? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

lady · 07-18-2004, 02:28 PM

Do I need to make a boot disk when I am reformatting C drive and reinstalling Windows XP? Or is the Windows XP cd sufficient?

yotta · 07-18-2004, 02:32 PM

The Windows XP install CD should let you format the drive.

ratbastid · 07-18-2004, 02:59 PM

Yep. Boot from CD, you'll be prompted to format the drive.

Lasereth · 07-18-2004, 04:40 PM

Make sure to make D: drive the first boot in BIOS! After the CD boots, format the hard drive using NTFS file format. FAT32 won't work with Windows XP.

-Lasereth

mikec · 07-18-2004, 08:53 PM

that is incorrect lasareth. fat32 works absolutely fine in XP.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...%26ln%3Den-gb=

NTFS the preferred file system for encryption and security, but it is not required.

Slavakion · 07-19-2004, 04:26 AM

Is NTFS also more efficient at storing data? Like NTFS > FAT32 > FAT

mikec · 07-19-2004, 05:09 AM

http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm

Slavakion · 07-19-2004, 05:22 AM

Hey. so I was right! And I'm sure there's a perfectly good explaination, but 8.3 char file name? It just sounds funny.

07-18-2004, 02:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
lady Addict Location: Vancouver, BC	Bootdisk necessary when reformatting C drive? Do I need to make a boot disk when I am reformatting C drive and reinstalling Windows XP? Or is the Windows XP cd sufficient? __________________ Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt.

07-18-2004, 02:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
yotta Irresponsible	The Windows XP install CD should let you format the drive. __________________ I am Jack's signature.

07-18-2004, 04:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	Make sure to make D: drive the first boot in BIOS! After the CD boots, format the hard drive using NTFS file format. FAT32 won't work with Windows XP. -Lasereth __________________ "A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert

07-18-2004, 08:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
mikec I flopped the nutz... Location: Stratford, CT	that is incorrect lasareth. fat32 works absolutely fine in XP. http://support.microsoft.com/default...%26ln%3Den-gb= NTFS the preferred file system for encryption and security, but it is not required. __________________ Until the 20th century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear. Since the initial publication of the charted electromagnetic spectrum, humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one millionth of reality

07-19-2004, 05:09 AM	#7 (permalink)
mikec I flopped the nutz... Location: Stratford, CT	http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm __________________ Until the 20th century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear. Since the initial publication of the charted electromagnetic spectrum, humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one millionth of reality

07-18-2004, 02:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	Yep. Boot from CD, you'll be prompted to format the drive.

07-19-2004, 04:26 AM	#6 (permalink)
Slavakion Mjollnir Incarnate Location: Lost in thought	Is NTFS also more efficient at storing data? Like NTFS > FAT32 > FAT

07-19-2004, 05:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
Slavakion Mjollnir Incarnate Location: Lost in thought	Hey. so I was right! And I'm sure there's a perfectly good explaination, but 8.3 char file name? It just sounds funny.