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How do you format your PC if you do not have a floppy drive installed?
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∙ 8y ago
boot from a cd (slackware has live boot added by defult on cd2 .. there are fdisk and cfdisk on it)
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Is it possible for a floppy drive to change the format of a floppy disk from FAT to RAW and can this be corrected?
Yes it is possible to change the format of a floppy disk from FAT to RAW if the operating system on the PC, which the floppy is to be formated is using but the RAW format than the flopy will have the RAW format at the end of formating the floppy
How can you format the computer?
yes u can format your pc or os by formating drive where os is installed through 1> by right click on drive and format 2> by using boot CD or 3> by using command prompt
Why would you keep a PC with a floppy drive in it?
To get old achieved data from it
Is the notebook PC have external optical and floppy disk?
You can use USB floppy disk drive in any machine..
How do you format the PC?
To format the PC, insert the windows installation CD, then follow the instructions to format the selected hard drive.
Why cant you have drive B on PC?
The B: drive was originally used back in the days when having two floppy drives was common. A: and B: are reserved for floppy drive use.
How do you reformat to Windows 98 SE and get rid of the Windows ME that is on the PC now?
To anser you're question, First you uninstall Me. Then you need a floppy of windows 98 and the Installation disk for window's 98. First you use the 98 floppy to format. You will have an a:\ prompt that you type format c: so that it reads A:\FORMAT C:. Press enter, and push y, for yes to format. After format, type in the drive letter to you're cd-rom and push enter. Then type INSTALL and enter.This will load windows 98 .Follow the load directions from there. If there is anything in your computer that you want to save (documents, email, pictures, etc.) then print out or save to disk or CD what is important. If you don't save what you want, it will be completely erased by following these instructions. Also, be sure you have a valid installation key for Windows 98. You can't install Windows without it. Now, create a floppy boot disk: Put a blank floppy disk into drive A:, then go to Start-->Programs-->Accessories-->Command Prompt. At the command prompt, type FORMAT A: /S and press Enter. Follow the prompts to format the floppy disk (it will automatically be made bootable). Next, restart your computer *with the floppy disk still in the drive*. You need your PC to "boot" from the floppy disk. If it does not and instead loads Windows ME again, restart your computer and get into your BIOS (which, depending on the model of you PC, will require you to press DEL, F1, F2, F10, INSERT, or perhaps some other key as your PC starts--check your manual). In the BIOS change the Boot Order to make your floppy drive the first boot device, the CD drive the second boot device, and your hard drive the 3rd boot device. Save the changes in the BIOS and restart again. Now, having booted from the floppy disk, at the A:\> prompt, type FORMAT C: and follow the prompts to erase your hard drive. [WARNING! Anything you did not save on your computer will be lost after the format!] After the format, remove the floppy disk and restart your PC with your Windows 98 CD in your CD drive. Again, if the PC does not boot from the CD, access the BIOS and check your boot device order. The Windows 98 CD should start and walk you through installing a clean copy of Windows 98 on your PC. [Note that bootlegged and otherwise copied Windows 98 CDs probably won't be able to boot your computer.]
How many floppy disk sizes are there that can go in a computer?
The only floppy drive system commercially available today is the 3.5" floppy disk drive. Previously there were both 5.25" and 8.00" disks/drives also available for PC's.
Put a floppy disk that is not bootable in drive A and reboot Write down what you observe If the PC booted to the desktop as usual why didnt it look to the floppy disk to load the OS?
Because the hard drive obviously came before the floppy drive in the BIOS boot order.
Can a floppy from an Atari computer be opened in windows?
No, it will not be in a compatible format. Floppy disks must be formatted in FAT in order for a PC to read them. There may however be Linux tools that will be able to read the data.
Why you give computer first drive name c?
because in the IBM PC drives a and b were dedicated to floppy drives.
How do you format PC?
Backup all your data as you will loose everything when you format the hard drive. Open my computer. Find the hard drive and right click. Slide down to format and click it. Follow the directions.
