Hd formatting

[TheMajor]

but u have cd-rom on the other laptop right? one of those laptops has either Cd-rom or floppy right?

 

[xAznPrid3x]

wait ya this one but it has no floppy and my laptop is has both but theirs an error message. this laptop lets me get into windows but my laptop wont

 

[TheMajor]

ok, so u have a working floppy drive on the laptop wich detects the drive?

give me your e-mail adress, i will compress my partition magic floppy's and mail them to you

 

[xAznPrid3x]

no i have a working floppy drive on a laptop that does not detect the hd. and i dont have a floppy drive and does detect the hd. so im screwed. but i was thinking about putting the hd in the laptop that does detect the hd but doesnt have a floppy and see if i can use the internet. but isnt their a way i can just download something and it would formatt and give me windows and some programs

 

[xAznPrid3x]

my3ndinglif3@comcast.net ill get it from a friends house, and what do i do, like save it to floppy how many disk do you think i need? and how would i start it

 

[TheMajor]

u can't install windows without a CD

Ur screwed!

None of these laptops have a CD-rom drive right?

 

[xAznPrid3x]

they do but one has no floppy and its this and this one gets in the hd but the other one doesnt which has a floppy

 

[TheMajor]

what do u want to do after formatting the HD?

 

[TheMajor]

i would install partitionmagic 8 and format with it...it will probably do a reboot after selecting "format"

 

[xAznPrid3x]

its running on windows 98 and i want to change it to xp or 2000