paul_wilson Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 i have to format C drive because of the massive amounts of crap thats in there. also i do this every few months just for the hell of it. the problem this time around is that I moved recently and have lost my win XP box. I still have the disc though cause it was in a big CD case thing with all my other stuff. i need to know if there is a way to find your serial from in your computer. please say there is :( ps: no its not a pirate version of XP First and only pixel thinger I made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_wilson Posted July 17, 2005 Author Share Posted July 17, 2005 dont worry got a program that finds it for ya can someone refresh my memory and tell me how to make a boot disc First and only pixel thinger I made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 dont worry got a program that finds it for ya can someone refresh my memory and tell me how to make a boot disc http://www.bootdisk.com/ :D Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_wilson Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 im realy confused. how do i format a XP computer. i only know how to format from MS DOS mode in 98 can someone tell me a step by step, also my computer wont boot from a cd. will i need a new boot disc for XP? i have one with FDISC and some other stuff that i used to format 98. please help First and only pixel thinger I made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Your pc will boot from CD you just have to tell it to look their firt in the bios. Press f2/delete/enter/whatever key it tells you during boot to enter setup. Then go to the boot screen and set the primary boot to CD (its probably the a:/ drive as standard) I cant give you detailed instructions because every bios is different. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_wilson Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 i set the BIOS to boot from CD-ROM and all that comes up is blue screen with install XP, repair Xp and reboot. i wanna wipe C:. ive done it in 98 without trouble. i really dont want to have to compleatly wipe my HD cause its got things on it i cant get again. i tried to go run>cmd then type format C: but i get a error saying that there are programs runing off it (obviously...) is there a program i can use to do this? i tried FDISC but it only flashes open then closes. First and only pixel thinger I made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username388 Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 i wanna wipe C:. ive done it in 98 without trouble. i really dont want to have to compleatly wipe my HD cause its got things on it i cant get again. Um... formatting your hard drive will erase everything on it, so if you have stuff on it you need, then you need to back it up before you format your hard drive. And format c: will work, but not in windows. You need to put in your boot disk, and start your computer and get to a command prompt then type format c:, and you should be able to format it, just make sure your stuff is backed up first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_wilson Posted July 19, 2005 Author Share Posted July 19, 2005 I've done it before though... I still have stuff on here since when i bought it. i have the HD partitioned into C:, D:, E:, and F:. everytime i have formated(ive done it 3 times with 98) i havnt lost anything from those other partitions First and only pixel thinger I made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 I've done it before though... I still have stuff on here since when i bought it. i have the HD partitioned into C:, D:, E:, and F:. everytime i have formated(ive done it 3 times with 98) i havnt lost anything from those other partitions Then youve never done a proper format. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_wilson Posted July 19, 2005 Author Share Posted July 19, 2005 i never wanted to do a "proper format" only the drive with the OS in it First and only pixel thinger I made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 i never wanted to do a "proper format" only the drive with the OS in it You what? :-/ Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battletrax Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 It's no problem to just format a paartition. There's no law that says you have to format an entire physical drive at a time. Just pop in the xp cd. Go to install windows. When it asks where to install, pick the drive you want. It'll see stuff there and eventually ask you if you want to format that partition before installing. Also, there are much easier ways to get your ms serials than using a bootdisk. http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_wilson Posted July 20, 2005 Author Share Posted July 20, 2005 i got the serial ith a program called rocXP3 also the last time i tried it with the CD it installed to D:. anyway i made a new 98 bootdisk and it is working to format it so its all good thanx ppl First and only pixel thinger I made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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