How do I reformat and reinstall Windows on the hard drive on my Thinkpad 240?
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There are a lot of geeky ways for doing this but the easiest way if you are using windows Xp is download this small utilty from windows web site http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=55820edb-5039-4955-bcb7-4fed408ea73f&DisplayLang=en
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use drivewasher and reload windows
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Format your hard-disk and re-install windows.
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Use the Fujitsu Siemens Product Recovery CD-ROM that came with your notebook. This will reinstall your Windows XP.\n\nSimply put it in your DVD-RW drive and when the computer starts up press F12 and select CD-ROM. Then the installation process should guide you through restoring the OS.\n\nGood luck!
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You will need to reformat the computer and wipe the slate clean.\n\nTo format your harddrive you will need to get a recovery disc or a Windows CD. \nNo boot disc is necessary unless you are trying to install Windows 95. \nThe recovery disc will usually come with your computer, if you dont have one, you will need to call your computer manufacturing company and order one. \nThe recovery disc and the windows CD will partition your harddrive and it will wipe out your memory and start from fresh. \n\nIf you have more questions about reformatting, please contact me.
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Have you got any data on the drive you want to keep ?\n\nIf not just make a boot disk ( www.bootdisk.com ) and use fdisk to partition the drive and then install windows.\n\nIf you do have data then I suggest you connect the hard drive to another machine as a slave and back it up and then put it back into the machine and format it and re install windows.\n\nThere are other ways of backing up the data, please post back and let me know if you need further help.
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Use Fdisk to delete the partition then Reinstall Windows. Doubt its a dead harddrive
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Flatten the hard drive and reinstall Win XP.
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You can format by using a widoows startup disc. Or simply right click on the drve icon and select format action.  I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.Some RAM/ hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
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you could just throw in a windows xp cd and delete the partitions\nthen format it back to ntfs
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Put your Windows CD (or recovery disk) into your computer and boot it up.  It should automatically start the Windows install.  After you have done the F8 to agree to the license, you will be given an option to format and partition your hard drive if you want before it reinstalls Windows.  Once you have made your choice, simple let the install complete.
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WIndows will reformat it to the NTFS system when you install it. I have hard drives that I switch between Linux and Windows all the time.
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Re-Install Windows, this is the best way
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You cannot format a Windows installation from Windows.  So if this drive has your operating system, and you don't have a Windows XP cd, you cannot reformat it.  Unless you have a Windows 98 startup disk on a floppy.\n\nIf you have that, restart your computer and press del to enter setup at the prompt, change the boot sequence to floppy first, put the floppy into the a: drive, press F10 to save and exit bios, then the computer will boot the floppy and you get an a:&#92; prompt.  Then type   format c:\n\nBut you likely will have to delete the non-fat partition first and repartition and then format the drive.  You will need to type fdisk at the prompt to do that.\n\nThen you will have a formatted drive partitioned with FAT 32.\n\nAnd no operating system.\n\nIf this drive is just a secondary drive, you can navigate to it in My Computer, right click and choose format.
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Honestly if you are trying to fix your computer, reformatting it will only wipe the data off of the hard drive, there is a lot more to fixing the PC than formatting the hard drive.\nIf you want to 'fix' the laptop by wiping it out and installing XP fresh, then the best way is to boot from the XP CD you got with the laptop. Some laptop don't ship with CDs now, you have to make them (using a utility included with the OS), buy them from the company, or access a hidden partition containing the discs (usually pressing F6 before the windows boot screen)
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I want to reformat my laptop but I DUNNO HOW
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Your best bet is to boot from floppy or CD and just repartition/reformat the hard drive.