RE: FN-FORUM format and install??

date posted 20th September 2001 00:12

ok just got around to reading this and didn't expect this response...I just
want to clean the drives, and add the software at leisure, well in a day at
least, all the data has been backed up. Do I formatt in dos and then
install the OS (NT4) if so what is the dos ? formatt C:? and then formatt
D:?

-----Original Message-----
From: David Eckersall [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:19 AM
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM format and install??

in the words of lieutenant columbo... just one more thing!

> Man, y take offence instead of question? 15 years, huh! Big f***in'
> deal, try 25 .....

is bill gates aware you were proficient in windows before M$ actually
released it? are you dr who?

i say this, since 25 years ago is 1976 and windows 1 wasnt released till
autumn 85, hell the much maligned apple lisa which M$ nicked the GUI idea
off didnt appear till '83. id sue for prior art if i were you.

dave ecky

----- Original Message -----
From: "scott mathieson" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:10 PM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM format and install??


> Man, y take offence instead of question? 15 years, huh! Big f***in'
> deal, try 25 .....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Vendetta Sales
> and Admin
> Sent: 05 September 2001 20:56
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM format and install??
>
> Sorry about that, you probably don't know that we've been over this
> point here quite a few times. I know what I'm doing with Win2k, but you
> don't sound very clear about it.
>
> And no, I don't really understand your language, as I'm too old to
> understand some of the abbreviations and contractions.
>
> I've been trouble free in IT for the last 15 years and I don't see why
> it won't continue the same way if I do things the official tried and
> tested way--aka the right way. I've used Windows for many years (apart
> from ME) and am very used to it and know how it works behind the scenes;
> treat it right and it works. Not as good as VME or MVS, but as well as
> many flavours of Unix.
>
> BTW You generally make Win2k startup disks from the CD--on any machine,
> so why would you need to download them?
>
> Jeez, I hate teenage boys who think older women can't use computers!
> Careful, or I'll feed you to Ed Crowley or Don Ely.
>
> Kathy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "scott mathieson" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: 05 September 2001 20:03
> Subject: RE: FN-FORUM format and install??
>
>
> > Ummmm, if u can actually understand the same language that I am
> > speaking, your instructions were less than comprehensive-and if u read
> > mine, it is pretty apparent that your further instructions equate
> pretty
> > well to what I said-I'm sorry, but I spend a hell of a lot of time on
> > forums were people immediately request basic info, so I usually give a
> > encompassing answer, saving bullsh*t replying.
> >
> > U can get WIN2K start-up disks here,
> >
> >
> > http://www.drd.dyndns.org/index2.html
> >
> > just in case u run with a bad crowd
> >
> > Yes, u have an option of formatting when u install, YOU NEVER ACTUALLY
> > SAID THIS-it may seem that way in your kooked up impression of this
> > language, but, sorry, you are wrong. If I had read this as a 'noob'
> then
> > I would be well on my way to del'ing months of work. AND the patter
> > about fat16 is complete bull, I haven't seen that shit for years, and
>
> > you can damn well fat32/NTFS any drive as many times as you like if
> you
> > need dual-boot. And another thing, if you are so damn sure of 'it is
> the
> > job of the install to do it for you', I pray that you have a
> > trouble-free future, because it just aint like that-shit, HUMANS wrote
> > all of this? Never had a hangover? I've had 1500 fonts show up in a
> > registry edit, 2 months AFTER a format, checking with
> > Norton/fixit/cleansweep. Windows is the spawn of satan, get used to
> it.
> >
> > Before you get on the next horse, check the odds.
> >
> >
> > :) I know, I wont get 1 back; like I give a .....
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Vendetta Sales
> > and Admin
> > Sent: 05 September 2001 18:07
> > To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > Subject: Re: FN-FORUM format and install??
> >
> > Why? It's the official engineer's method. If you format the disk from
> > DOS, you set up a FAT16 file system and DOS MBR etc which you then
> have
> > to blow away and recreate as an NT5/Win2k MBR and NTFS file system (or
> > for dual booting FAT32). So why waste time faffing around formatting
> it
> > in the first place when it is the job of the install to do it for you?
> > Kathy
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "scott mathieson" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > Sent: 05 September 2001 17:27
> > Subject: RE: FN-FORUM format and install??
> >
> >
> > > Ok, sorry, but I think this-----
> > >
> > > Yes. Don't format the disk. Waste of time. Start install from CD and
> > > when it asks you about the partition to install on, select existing
> > > partition and delete (it tells you the keys) and then tell it to
> > create
> > > a new partition to install on. Instructions are on the screen. If
> you
> > > have a crapped up install, never, ever try to upgrade it.
> > >
> > > Kathy
> > >
> > > ---is kind of contradictory for a start; second not exactly true.
> > >
> > > A full format should be carried out on a semi-regular basis;
> > > For the simple reason that Windows (any) has a habit of accumulating
> > > a whole pile of useless files (*.dll's, etc.) and whacking your
> > > Windows/WINNT folder up to ridiculous size. There isn't a cleaner
> > (i.e.
> > > cleansweep and the ilk) on the market that will get rid of
> everything.
> > > It does depend how much install/remove you do, but it builds up
> > > regardless.
> > >
> > > If you are installing a 'new' OS, I, and most of the people I know,
> > > would recommend a clean install. If your foundations are crap, there
> > > aint much point in building a noo shack.....
> > >
> > > If you want a hassle-free existence (as much as possible), format.
> You
> > > may have to re-install all your soft, but a few hours now may save
> > DAYS
> > > in the future.
> > >
> > > Any time in the past that I have 'upgraded', I've had problems &
> > > unexplained occupancy of my HDD.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > > [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Vendetta
> Sales
> > > and Admin
> > > Sent: 05 September 2001 15:30
> > > To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > > Subject: Re: FN-FORUM format and install??
> > >
> > > Yes. Don't format the disk. Waste of time. Start install from CD and
> > > when it asks you about the partition to install on, select existing
> > > partition and delete (it tells you the keys) and then tell it to
> > create
> > > a new partition to install on. Instructions are on the screen. If
> you
> > > have a crapped up install, never, ever try to upgrade it.
> > >
> > > Kathy
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Andrew Maynes" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > > To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > > Sent: 05 September 2001 09:27
> > > Subject: RE: FN-FORUM format and install??
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Anyone familiar with formatting a PC with a partitioned disk
> running
> > > NT4,
> > > > basically want to format the drives and intall W2K from
> > scratch....any
> > > > pitfalls???
> > > > ( NT4 has been corrupted and far too many errors just to install
> > over
> > > > it....or does W2K repair everything like some kind of god!)
> > > >
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