Alternative way to format a hard drive using a usb drive.

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Alternative way to format a hard drive using a usb drive.


There is another ms dos route you could take,that is to download a program called
rufus, and then download a program called freedos fd1src 1.1.

http://www.freedos.org/download/

http://rufus.akeo.ie/



Download FREEDOS

Using a new usb flash drive, open rufus 2.1 it will be already setup to go, you DON'T need to alter the settings
SELECT the freedos iso file you downloaded then click start.

Reboot your laptop into the usb drive.

Agree to install on harddrive option.

Choose “n” then use fdisk press 4 see the partitions installed.

remove none dos partitions first followed be the others

You can now install any new operating system knowing you are
starting with a clean hard drive.

 

[IcyBC]

I wish to have the guts to do this to my now slower than a turtle laptop! With my luck, I might have to kiss my laptop good bye since I know something will always go wrong for me if I try