Format Win 2000

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Gents,

I am Having two operating system on drive C (Win 2000).
How to format Win 2000? or how to get on to setup and give
a command to format?

Basically, I want my P.C with ONLY "1" operating system.

Thanks ...... Hss
 
SUMMARY
This step-by-step article describes how to format a hard
disk for use with Windows 2000 by using the Windows 2000
recovery console. To start the Recovery Console, start
your computer by using either the Windows 2000 CD-ROM or
the Windows 2000 Setup disks. Note that Windows 2000 Setup
disks are not included with Windows 2000. For additional
information about how to create Windows 2000 Setup disks,
click the article number below to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
197063 How To Create Setup Boot Disks for Windows 2000

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Start the Recovery Console
Insert either your Windows 2000 CD-ROM or the first
Windows 2000 Setup boot disk into the proper drive, and
then restart your computer.
Press a key to start Windows 2000 Setup from your CD-ROM,
or follow the instructions on the screen if you are using
Windows 2000 Setup boot disks.
At the Welcome to Setup page, press R to repair a Windows
2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery
Console.
In the Recovery Console, press the number key for the
Windows 2000 installation that you want to repair, and
then press ENTER. Note that if you press ENTER without
pressing a number, the Recovery Console quits, and your
computer restarts.
When the Recovery Console prompts you for a valid
administrator password, type your administrator password,
and then press ENTER.
At the command prompt, type format drive letter:, where
drive letter is the letter of the drive you want to
format. For additional information about switches that you
can use with the format command, type format /?, and then
press ENTER.
When the format is complete, remove the CD-ROM or disk
from the drive, type exit at the command prompt, and then
press ENTER to restart your computer.
 
Gents,

I am Having two operating system on drive C (Win 2000).
How to format Win 2000? or how to get on to setup and give
a command to format?

Basically, I want my P.C with ONLY "1" operating system.

Thanks ...... Hss
Click to expand...

- You don't format "Win 2000" - you format your disk.
- If you format your disk then you lose the lot. Is this what
you want?
 
Gents,

Please clarify which administrator key to type? from where
to get it?

By saying press the number key for the Windows 2000
installation that you want to repair ..! which number key
do I have to choose?

Thanks a bauch ..... Rgds .... Hss
 
To format your hard disk, do this:
- Set the BIOS so that the machine boots from the CD drive.
- Boot the PC with your Win2000 CD.
- Select "Install" when prompted, then allow the disk to be formatted.
 
Hello,

Try this link to Microsoft Article 316672
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313672

Please note:
Before performing the steps in the article please make sure that you do not
need any data from this hard drive.

Please let us know if keeping your data is more important as we may be able
to perform other steps.
If do not want to keep data on your hard drive this article should be of
help to you.

Cheers,
Kenneth C. Engelhardt
Microsoft Online Support Engineer
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