need help about hdd Formatting & partition

asHiQuE, pls use specific threads next time.

Adding new HDD in ur pc ? ok here i go [ i formated 3 months ago and created this current partition almost 6/7 months ago , so pardon me if i say something wrong ]

to format , i am telling what i do , there r some other way aswell , most common way is boot disk ( floopy ) but i use window 98 cd to format c drive first ... ok from the beginning ... check ur bios section to boot up seeker , it should be 1st boot seeker CD rom , 2nd should be HDD .. if its like this then insert win98 cd in ur cd rom and restart ur pc , it will ask whether u want to start with or without cd rom support . choose with cd-rom support ... then type this cmd " format C:/q " ur c drive will be formated ( quick format ). then it will ask u whether u want to set any name for ur c drive or not . then go to your cd rom drive , suppose X is ur cd rom drive so to go to that drive use this cmd " cd X: "
and then to start setup windows type " setup.exe " . And then windows installation will start , use ur common sence from this part to complete it .

About Parititon , i never made partition on a brand new HDD , but did new partition on my used HDD's . the common things in partition time , am giving below .. go to the Dos mode using win98 cd ( described above ), then type " fdisk " , it will take u to partition area , for already partitioned HDD , u have to remove the partition first then make new partition , to remove partition first remove extended logical drive's partition , like ( D, E , F ) then delete the active drive or main drive which is C drive . and restart ur pc , after it boots up go to that fdisk menu again and u will find option to creat disk partition . first creat a physical drive whick will be ur root drive and active . after u making it set it active , then choose the option to make " extended logical drive " use all ur remaining space for it ... after its created u have to make partition in it to have ur drives . u have to be careful while setting up logical drives and space ... coz in here it will cousin in bytes or % . After u creat ur physical and logical drives u have to format the active drive ( C ) in order to install O/S there .. and then install O/S . anyways consult any person who knows about it before u go through these steps , becoz it might sound so easy but it will make u realtime confuse while doing ... and i always belive .. if you are not serious while working on software , it wont ever give u proper result. Anyways good luck ... cya in cafe .

thanks a lot
i really needed that
but i need a new one to test with
so currently ill save that in a file n use that while i get a new HDD

thakns again

you can use partition magic 8.0 ..u can partition/convert/format ur HDD without loosin data ..itz ez. if u don have that soft please download it ...
http://www.soft32.com/download-Partition_Magic-151-5.html

Hardware ar porb thakle amare call koiro r naile bashar address dio.ami nije aisha thik koira dio jamu r bill koto hoiche boila dimu kosto amar teka tomago khek khek...

Hmmm. Mobile mia dehi Hardware Engineer hoiya gase. Khekz

Juari mama dheka lagbo na kar shisho hehehehe.

windows xp te control panel->administrative management->computer management->disk mangement jabar por disk partion kora jai.. and it takes so little amount of time

thank you

Hello! Guys,

Sorry to interrupt you...

As Gourab , Timer and other has mentioned about the formatting or Partiotioning, are correct. But, i would like share my opinion with you. Mostly, It is depending upon your OSs, how user -freindly it is...

To Format and Partition:
-----------------------------

1. Can use third party software. (can be applicable for all Windows versions) Partition Magic or others
2. Can use build in features (Windows XP). Right click on "My Computer"--> Manage-->"Disk Management"--> Right click on Your Hard-disk to do the formatting or Partitioning.

Now, which one you should follow:
1. Zero level formatting or, 2. Quick Formatting.

You can do either way...the difference is one is much detailed another doesn't. But, if your Hard-disk or Virtual memory affected by Spyware or Virus. It's better to do Zero level formatting (From BIOS).

Please, Follow the links below for more detailed options:

Windows 95 OEM SR2:http://www.pcguide.com/proc/setup/hdd-c.html

Windows 98 or ME:http://www.buildeasypc.com/sw/hddsetup.htm

Windows 2000:
To format: http://www.dewassoc.com/support/win2000/format2000.htm

To partition:http://www.dewassoc.com/support/win2000/partwin2000.htm

Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313348

I hope that the above mentioned infos will help you regarding your Partitioning and Formatting the hard Disk.

Cheers...