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Hard drive help
I need to do a kdisk for my d4400 that has a 80gig hard drive. how do I do this. all software came preloaded to comp. if I do a fdisk will I be able to reinstall w/ cd' given when comp was bought?
Message Edited by wild1west on 09-08-2004 10:42 PM
Running windows XP on a Dimension 4400
Message Edited by wild1west on 09-08-2004 10:47 PM
Message Edited by wild1west on 09-08-2004 10:48 PM
shesagordie
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Posted September 9th, 2004 03:00
wild1west.
With XP, you do not need to F'disk the hard drive, partitioning and formatting is carried as part of reinstalling XP.
First you make the CD/ROM/DVD the first boot device.
How to configure a Dimension series system to boot to the CD/DVD drive.Then you can use the following instructions.
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp
To find the Dell reinstall guide, that's specific to your system, go herePrior to installing, remember to disconnect all external peripherals from the computer, except the keyboard, monitor and mouse.
While installing, delete all existing partitions (Paragraph 5) when you are prompted, then remake and format
them (Paragraphs 6 & 7), followed by installing XP.
You will have to reload the drivers and applications, etc, that should be on the CDs sent with the computer.
After the installation, you will need to download and install the MicroSoft Critical Updates, plus any
other updates you deem necessary, also remember to enable the firewall before going online.
Printing a copy of these instructions, as a reference while installing XP could also be a help.Bev.
Message Edited by shesagordie on 09-08-2004 11:37 PM
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Posted September 9th, 2004 02:00
wild1west.
Please post the model of computer and version of windows.
Bev.