[Liberator]

Originally posted by Rictor
SUCCESS!!

And the drive now has 74 gigs free space on it...hmmm...I distinctly remember something around 10 gigs as being the only partition (I have no idea what file system, I was just running through it as quick as possible).

Well, he said it's 9x so it has to FAT32.  

The size difference is a marketing ploy.  The manufacturers count a kilobyte as 1000 bytes, not the proper 1024 bytes.  By the time you get up to "80" gigs you only actually have 70-something.

[Ashrak]

okhay simple way out if you have XP

control panel > administrative tools > computer managment > storage >disk managment


it should show up there and you can format from there

[mitac]

Ashrak, his problem is solved, and your suggestion has been made at least twice so far.

[Clave]

I just plug stuff in and it works....

Never had a system failure or HD problem in 14 years.

[Taristin]

Originally posted by Vertigo1

Anon: Oh do grow up.  I do this **** for a living, and it irritates the **** out of me when morons give rediculously bad advice.  As if "reinstalling windows" is the solution to every damn problem that arises.

Originally posted by an0n

Blow Me.

[Thorn]

No, I'm with Vert on this one. Reinstalling is the lazy way out.
It was something that pissed me off to no end when I was working in Vancouver.
Computer is ****ed. Format!
But... all it needs is Ad-aware and NAV run on it.
Nope! Format!
Lazy ****ing techs get trained to diagnose and fix this ****, yet all they seem to be able to do is format.

[Taristin]

He may be right, but I don't care.

[Vertigo1]

Originally posted by Ashrak
okhay simple way out if you have XP

control panel > administrative tools > computer managment > storage >disk managment


it should show up there and you can format from there

Originally posted by Rictor
SUCCESS!!

And the drive now has 74 gigs free space on it...hmmm...I distinctly remember something around 10 gigs as being the only partition (I have no idea what file system, I was just running through it as quick as possible).

Next step: reinstall KOTOR and download prOn.

The next time you decide to post in a thread, try reading the entire thread.  That way, you won't look like a retard when you post.

Raa: I know I'm right for one simple fact.  His problem was that he didn't partition and format the hard drive in question.  This has NOTHING to do with windows at all.  If you had half the clue you think you do, you would've picked up on this and responded accordingly.  Its not my fault that you're too damn lazy to properly diagnose a very simple problem that would've taken any self-respecting tech maybe 2 minutes to fix.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Thorn

Lazy ****ing techs get trained to diagnose and fix this ****, yet all they seem to be able to do is format.

that's not true.  it's only people who don't know what they're talking about that are always saying "FORMAT" because formatting will fix any software conflicts or errors, but it's the lazy, stupid way of doing it.  any good tech will fix the problem, and only format as a last resort.


EDIT:  then again, maybe it's just us ego-obsessed 1337-A0L LOL H4)(0R!!s that don't always tell people to format

[Taristin]

Originally posted by Vertigo1

Raa: I know I'm right for one simple fact.  His problem was that he didn't partition and format the hard drive in question.  This has NOTHING to do with windows at all.  If you had half the clue you think you do, you would've picked up on this and responded accordingly.  Its not my fault that you're too damn lazy to properly diagnose a very simple problem that would've taken any self-respecting tech maybe 2 minutes to fix.

I'm not a tech. I never claimed to be. I just poited out what worked for me. So either **** me or get off my back.


[edit] Seems the filters have been disabled?  *manually filters out his swearing*

[WMCoolmon]

I think the phrase "Don't fix what isn't broke" applies here. If Windows works, formatting is probably not a good idea unless you're going to install a new version (or Linux ). There's always the possibility of an "Oh ****! All my e-mails, bookmarks, and passwords were in the profiles folder!" moment.

[Thorn]

Originally posted by WMCoolmon
"Oh ****! All my e-mails, bookmarks, and passwords were in the profiles folder!"

Exactly. This is something these guys never thought about. And they wondered why the customers were always pissed off at them.