If your using Windows Vista, go start, control panel, administrative tools and then double clickformat hard drive computer management. press continue. Then select Storage, Disk Management and right click on the partition on the bottom of the page and select delete volume. For a new clean install,Insert your vista dvd, go thru the options until you get to choose the partitions and then let it format and partition, if you want to. chrissy
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carliss Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 6:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Need to format hard drive? Crissy, I really appreciate your responds. However, Vista operating system will not format the hard drive when reinstalling. XP was the last operating system to do that. I've tried countless times with several versions of Vista. It takes the previous version of windows that was on the unit, and creates a windows.old folder on the C drive where you can delete when ready. Carliss -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ChB Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 6:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Need to format hard drive? I hoppe you are not confusing formatting with defragging. I do take it you mean formatting as in wiping it clean of anything on there, as you would in order to reinstall your pc? You can formatting by popping in your OS cd. Or if you just want to format a single drive on your pc then just mark that drive, hit the application key and find format drive. If you want to format the drive that your os is installed on you cannot do it from there, you then have to use your os cd. chrissy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carliss Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 1:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Blind-Computing] Need to format hard drive? Importance: High Hello Listers, Does anyone know of a program that's for free download that can be used for formatting hard drives? I really need to format my computer's hard drive but I'm not awhere of any formatting software that's for free. I have a condition at this time called funs- are- low. Smile.. All jokes aside, I really need a formatting program. I use to do it with a 98 boot disk but that's forgotten now. So if anyone can help I sure would appreciate it. Thanks to all. carliss For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
