Reformating

[CaptJordus]

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The way I mentioned is for if he didn't have XP, since he didn't mention whether he did or not in the original post. I guess most people do these days, though.

@ CaptJordus: What I should have said was probably more like "Driver order shouldn't matter too much, except for the chipset, which comes first." That's what I meant, anyway. That's why I put it first in the list.<br>

I figured you knew it since you had the list right. But i wanted to point out that the chipset is pretty important to be first, for the original poster.

Too many times ive seen people install the chipset last or not at all and weird, weird things happen. :laugh:

[Neat_Hedgehog]

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I figured you knew it since you had the list right. But i wanted to point out that the chipset is pretty important to be first, for the original poster.

Too many times ive seen people install the chipset last or not at all and weird, weird things happen. :laugh:

Yeah, I've done that before back in the old Win95 and 98 days. Wow, was that ever a mess. Gave up and formated again, I think. It had lost it's marbles big time.

On the topic: If I'm remembering it correctly now, you need to use the XP setup disk at startup to format the drive. That should be in those guides, though.

I've done it a bunch of times (on my own and for others) but I guess I'm just lousy at explaining things. :laugh:

[-(PK)-DarkIllusion]

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problem is the disk is Service pack 1, and i have service pack 2..

[Eternal-Souljah]

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problem is the disk is Service pack 1, and i have service pack 2..

Update to service pack 2 with Windows updates

[-(PK)-DarkIllusion]

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so this is what i do.
turn off pc with disk inside, than follow the steps?

[QuikSilv3r47]

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make sure you "boot from disc"

[Neat_Hedgehog]

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That should do it. If you're really unfamiliar with it, I'd say print out the directions just so you can double check.

[-(PK)-DarkIllusion]

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one last question b4 i do it... how long does it usually take?

[Sir. MatDef]

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Depends on how big the hd is, a full format for me takes 45 mins.

[-(PK)-DarkIllusion]

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114Gigs. and about 50% space used. that would be like 30 mins?>>> hour?

[CaptJordus]

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Depends on how big the hd is, a full format for me takes 45 mins.

My 200GB WD takes about 10-15 mins

[Sir. MatDef]

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My 200GB WD takes about 10-15 mins

Is that a full, complete reformat? Or is it a quick one?

[knghtwhosaysni]

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My 200GB WD takes about 10-15 mins

??? my 74gb Hitachis take 30 minutes each... maybe 20.
Anyway, I usually watch a movie while reformatting+reinstalling windows+installing all my drivers and programs.

[-(PK)-DarkIllusion]

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OK, i've done everything step by step, however now i want to upgrade to service pack two. when i go to the windows update site i get this.... and when i try to fix it by going to services.msc it still doesn't work... any suggestions? plz?


i'm gonna try to dl service pack 2 via 3rd party site...

Edit:well the one i dl from a 3rd party site just isn't working, any help would be very helpful...

[knghtwhosaysni]

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OK, i've done everything step by step, however now i want to upgrade to service pack two. when i go to the windows update site i get this.... and when i try to fix it by going to services.msc it still doesn't work... any suggestions? plz?


i'm gonna try to dl service pack 2 via 3rd party site...

Edit:well the one i dl from a 3rd party site just isn't working, any help would be very helpful...

http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu....aspx?ln=en-us
on the right it has a little box for automatic updates. Try turning it on