[Thorn]

 

Originally posted by MD-2389:
You would have to be a blithering idiot not to know how to use FDisk.

Ahhh, the joys of having multiple hard drives  

[Sandwich]

 

Originally posted by MD-2389:
You would have to be a blithering idiot not to know how to use FDisk.  Its VERY straight forward.

Of course, if you don't know how to use FDISK, it can be VERY dangerous...  


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[Alikchi]

Therefore, idiots are dangerous!  

[NeoHunter]

Man, I feel so insulted. Where is that shotgun that is always under our seats? I want to shoot myself.

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[Boct1584]

Are you actually admitting that you don't know how to use FDisk!?

It's not hard...open it up and it's more or less self-explanatory from there. But be CAREFUL...you might kill your computer if you do the wrong thing. Which I have done more than once.

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[Vertigo1]

 

Originally posted by Boct1584:
Are you actually admitting that you don't know how to use FDisk!?

It's not hard...open it up and it's more or less self-explanatory from there. But be CAREFUL...you might kill your computer if you do the wrong thing. Which I have done more than once.

The only thing it'd do is wipe the partitions. (the closest thing you can get to a low-level format.)

However, if you edit or create any new partitions, any data on that hard drive will be erased.  Backup ALL data to another hard drive before creating any new partitions (or pay $60 for a copy of Partition Magic and adjust or create new partitions on the fly).

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[NeoHunter]

I've never used FDisk before. I admit that much.

Besides, I only have 8.6GB total. What's there to partition anyway?

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[Thorn]

get another small hard drive (4gb) theyre cheap, and partition it in two, put the OSs on it. use your 8 as a secondary drive, install everything else on that.....

[Sandwich]

 

Originally posted by Thorn:
get another small hard drive (4gb) theyre cheap, and partition it in two, put the OSs on it. use your 8 as a secondary drive, install everything else on that.....

Uhh... unless you get used or something, smallest they go for nowadays is 10Gb, and that's if you're lucky... :0  


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[DragonClaw]

Gotta love those days when a 32mb hard drive was hella expensive™

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[NeoHunter]

Well, I've installed Windows 2000. Sure hope I can play my favourite games on it.

As for hard disk drives, I would rather go for at least 20GB ones. Because I need to install so many large programs like Adobe Photoshop 6 and 3D Studio Max R4. Not to mention FreeSpace 2.

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[Vertigo1]

*pats his IBM 45 gigger*

 

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[Griffon UK]

 

Originally posted by MD-2389:
*pats his IBM 45 gigger*

:laughs as the patting causes the head to grind a 2 cm deep gash into the platter  :

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[Thorn]

Gahaha..
*kicks case*
*nothing happens*
my computer is invincible  
*kicks it again*
*computer re-boots*
(its done it before)

[phreak]

Doesn't ME not have DOS on it or something, I really like playing Doom or Wolf3d once in a while.

[Mystical]

ME is pathetic!
Do not use ME!


EDIT:  Rumor has it that the school district that I go to decided over summer to install ME on all their computers in the district (that's more than 5,000)
and they had it on for a few weeks, then they formatted and went back to 95, because ME is so unstable!  (that's just rumor and legend, but I can believe it!)


[This message has been edited by Mystical (edited 10-28-2001).]

[Mystical]

 

Originally posted by Setekh:
2k is great for the stability. And it also has great RAM support. That said, I really want to get a proper version of XP...  

XP still has a few bugs in it.  I say wait till the bugs and the price goes down before you buy it!
I've got the BETA version, but I'm waiting to get the proper full version still.

Remember how much laptops were when they came out?  Remember how much the 166 MHZ processor was when it came out?  more than $500.00  now you can get one for about $1.00 and it's considered expensive!
  lol :lol

[jonskowitz]

yea but some of us are stuck with Comcraps... I mean Compaqs which are inherently unstable to begin with.  If XP will keep me from seeing the 'Blue Screen of Death' it's worth it.

[Mystical]

 

Originally posted by jonskowitz:
If XP will keep me from seeing the 'Blue Screen of Death' it's worth it.

heh  
Check this out:
 http://www.schpaa.com/humor/show.asp?id=gates_30_240.mov

[Mystical]

I'll grant WinXP one good thing... I think the minimum requirement for it was a 200MHZ processor...  
I installed it on a 166MHZ Processor with 64 MB Ram, and it ran as quick as Windows 98 runs on my 900 MHZ with 128 MB Ram