How do you format a hard drive?

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I use partition magic 8

But if you dont have that, just goto reinstall windows and select the option there
 
If it's your second hdd just take the eay way just right click and format. It should look like this FORMAT.. juust make sure its your sencond one.
 
if it has your Operating System on it, you will need to reinstall Windows by putting the Windows CD on boot. just before the install it will give you the option of formatting

before you do this, make sure you have any files you need on removable storage
 
in XP its start >> programs >> accessories >> command prompt

But be warned, in the latest versions of windows you cant get into "real" DOS. its a virtual DOS program run in windows.
 
bigbmxdave said:
in XP its start >> programs >> accessories >> command prompt

But be warned, in the latest versions of windows you cant get into "real" DOS. its a virtual DOS program run in windows.
really i didn't know that, garra i forgot about that one.
 
You can't do a format C: from MS DOS prompt because you're still using the drive. It won't let you.

The best way is to use another program, I think there's one called Killdisk. You can boot from it.
 
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