Instruction
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Generally, direct formatting the drive using the BIOS was only possible during the first Pentium. Today for solving this problem you should use a boot disk. Once we agree that boot disk you have as the description of its creation is not included in the scope of this article.
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Consider formatting the hard drive using boot disk Windows XP with Windows 7 You don't miss the formatting process, as during installation in one of the menus there is a button format disks).
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In order to start from a boot disk, you should set the necessary parameters in BIOS. To access the BIOS immediately after booting the computer hit the DEL button. However, the button can vary depending on motherboard model. To find out the desired button for sure — see the instructions supplied with the motherboard.
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In the BIOS menu select the menu Adavanced BIOS Settings-First Boot Device CDROM and install. Items may also slightly differ from each other depending on the motherboard model.
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Save BIOS settings, then restarted the PC and then loading from the installation CD.
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After loading from disk "window will appear Windows XP Professional Setup". In the menu that appears, select to repair a Windows XP using recovery console, press [R=Restore]".
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Next, press R to start recovery console.
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Select "system Restore". Opens the recovery console.
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Assume that you have installed one copy of Windows on drive C. this will result In the following console message
C: \WINDOWS

Which Windows installation would you like to log?
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Press 1, then press Enter.
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In response to the message that appears, Enter the administrator password - enter the password or press Enter if you do not want to set a password.
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Next You will see the following message:

C: \WINDOWS>
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Start typing the command:

format C: or format C: /Q /FS:NTFS

where Q is a quick format, and FS is file system.
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Press Enter, then the next question, answer "y" (English).
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Wait for the formatting process.