Problems Formatting a HD

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David

Ok, here is the problem, hopefully someone can give me a
hint or something cause franky I have about given up.

Im trying to format and reinstall Win 200 Pro on a
computer that has the HD set up as a single partition of
40gb. I cannot seem to get anything to do the formating.

Ive tried 3rd part apps as well as the recovery consol
and I just cant seem to get it to take. Using the win2k
cd and going through the setup to the partition selection
is just as useless as it wont let me delete the one and
only partition.

Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated
 
You didn't mention the drive controller (possibly SCSI, or ultra DMA, or
ATA100, or raid, or serial ATA), but you may need to boot the Windows 2000
setup disks or CD-Rom and *F6* very early and very important (at setup is
inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive controller detection,
and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later you'll be prompted to
insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver for your drive's
controller in drive "A"

If you wait and then S to specify additional drivers, then it may be too
late as Windows 2000 Setup at this point may have already assigned the
resources your drive's controller is wanting to use.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


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| Ok, here is the problem, hopefully someone can give me a
| hint or something cause franky I have about given up.
|
| Im trying to format and reinstall Win 200 Pro on a
| computer that has the HD set up as a single partition of
| 40gb. I cannot seem to get anything to do the formating.
|
| Ive tried 3rd part apps as well as the recovery consol
| and I just cant seem to get it to take. Using the win2k
| cd and going through the setup to the partition selection
| is just as useless as it wont let me delete the one and
| only partition.
|
| Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated
 
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