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Octavius Hite
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 Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:00 pm Post subject: need some help with XP reinstall and de-partition |
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hey,
I've got a shitload of viruses and other issues so I'm re-installing XP, but it's a really old version of XP. I've also got to departition the HD, and I'm just wondering what people think the best way to proceed is.
I know what I'm doing, but just looking for some departition advice, because I've never done it before and the computer is already screwed and I don't want to make things worse. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:07 am Post subject: |
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Two ways...(there are more)
From the recovery console, delete all partitions then format the entire drive as one.
Recovery console command:
Diskpart manages partitions on hard disk volumes. The /add option creates a new partition. The /delete option deletes an existing partition. The variable device is the device name for a new partition (such as \device\harddisk0). The variable drive is the drive letter for a partition that you are deleting (for example, D). Partition is the partition-based name for a partition that you are deleting, (for example: \device\harddisk0\partition1) and can be used instead of the drive variable. The variable size is the size, in megabytes, of a new partition.
Or use the Windows Disk Management, found in Administrative tools. |
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shetan
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Location: In front of my PC.
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:31 am Post subject: |
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Yeah! Windows 95!
Edit: I case I was unclear in my sarcasm, don't use FDISK.
Last edited by Demophobe on Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:52 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Wrench
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:16 am Post subject: |
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| Why on god green earth would you want to destroy the partition? |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| A virus can damage a partition table structure. |
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shetan
Joined: 24 Apr 2006
Location: In front of my PC.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Demophobe wrote: |
Yeah! Windows 95!
Edit: I case I was unclear in my sarcasm, don't use FDISK. |
actually its Dos based you can run it from a floppy... then install win xp.. ive done plenty of times... |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| shetan wrote: |
actually its Dos based you can run it from a floppy... then install win xp.. ive done plenty of times... |
Yes and thus the
Never use FDISK to sort a virus problem or a possibly damaged partition table.
The big question is why one would want to use FDISK in the first place. There are so many better ways to work with partitions.
To be clear; the floppy drive is dead, as is anything related to it. |
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Wrench
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Demophobe wrote: |
| A virus can damage a partition table structure. |
There hasn't been a virus that does that for a long time.. Please name me a single recent virus that damages the partition table. Unless you got Monkey B type virus. Which wouldn't work any way cause you need Fat file system.
If you have a damaged partition table then your entire disk is screwed. Your MFT might get screwed up but its nothing chckdsk can't fix. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:43 am Post subject: |
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| Wrench wrote: |
| Demophobe wrote: |
| A virus can damage a partition table structure. |
There hasn't been a virus that does that for a long time.. Please name me a single recent virus that damages the partition table. Unless you got Monkey B type virus. Which wouldn't work any way cause you need Fat file system.
If you have a damaged partition table then your entire disk is screwed. Your MFT might get screwed up but its nothing chckdsk can't fix. |
Right then. Now, first, tell me it isn't possible, and second, thanks for strengthening my argument against FDISK.
One more time...
Yay! Windows 95! Well ok....Win98! FAT32!
Using FDISK to deal with ANY virus problems is just bad math.
And just for the record, the floppy drive is dead, as is anything related to it. |
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