can any one help me how to format and install a new windows i know my nick says hacker but i'm only a nob plz help

Oh jesus man...if you think youre a n00b Haxor and cant format or instal windows then im GOD and theres no mercy today...well try WINDOWS.com and read READ read they have INFORMATION 4 people LikE you aNd NOt ME!....or just put in your windows CD, shutdown, boot from CD and do a complete reinstall overwrite everything!

Which versions of windows are you reinstalling?

if you're planning to install win 98/Me/2k or xp then all you need to do is shove the cd in and boot.

it'll then give you the options to format etc.

But my Computer Wont Open Into The Icons So I Need To Format It Then Install The Install Part I Know How To Do it But I'm Stock On The Format Part I Know How To Start You Go To Ms-Dos The Type Fdisk Then After I Dont Know Nothing

^^^ i haven't got a fucking clue what that lot meant but..

to format you don't need Fdisk UNLESS your drive is unpartitioned.

if thats the case then Fdisk then say yes to large disk support if it asks you.

then click on option 4 (i think) to display current parititions (just to check). it'll show you your drive and how many mb and any partitions on there.

assuming its clean then go back to the main menu and click option 1 (again i think -can't be arsed to check) which is create primary partition. click yes all the way through to create one partition using the whole disk. or enter the sizes for the partitions you desire.

reboot.

then go into DOS again again and Format C:/u/s



but again a windows install disk will do all this for you so i don't see the problem (no idea what the fuck 'opening to icons' is.

[This message has been edited by jackketch (edited 12-17-2004).]

Methinks he's taking the mick.... ehh guv'nor!

That or it's a somewhat retarded nine year old!

The 2k/XP/2k3 install includes a step to format your drive.

Moving to T&T.