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calebscarlet
06-07-2009, 18:55
can any1 local to sheffield 5 do me a favour and format my hardrive

i will give them a fifer for it

it has the sata connections

not the old type u get with older hardrives

its a seagate 160 gig

need it complety formating so can put fresh copy of xp on it as its got currupt data

calebscarlet
06-07-2009, 19:00
anbody it will only take 5 mins to do

Smack Jack
06-07-2009, 19:04
anbody it will only take 5 mins to do

Clearly you have never formatted a hard drive

Bikertec
06-07-2009, 19:25
If you stick the xp disk in it gives you the option of formating.

tallanddopey
06-07-2009, 19:29
you have to reformat to install a fresh copy of windows, (or at least the option will be there when you do it).

scarby
06-07-2009, 21:17
anbody it will only take 5 mins to do

Hahahahaha. I formatted a Neighbor's hard drive, 80gig....took over an hour! Caddy - Laptop via USB.

tis me
06-07-2009, 21:18
can any1 local to sheffield 5 do me a favour and format my hardrive

i will give them a fifer for it

it has the sata connections

not the old type u get with older hardrives

its a seagate 160 gig

need it complety formating so can put fresh copy of xp on it as its got currupt data

just boot from xp and delete the partition,it will then promt you to format the disc.very easy and quick

calebscarlet
06-07-2009, 21:37
all done now

megalithic
07-07-2009, 00:00
Saved you a "fifer" too.

HarryBustard
07-07-2009, 00:15
Saved you a "fifer" too.

Just as well, really, as those Scottish notes are a bugger to get rid of down here.

megalithic
07-07-2009, 01:45
On the plus side, if it did only take 5 minutes and for a "fifer" thats 60 quid an hour. ;)