Re: How to reformat & install on a laptop

Does it give you the option to delete all partitions?
Be sure to boot with the Vista installed in the drive.

"Sam" <none> wrote in message
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> I just bought my first laptop yesterday (asus G71GX) and I want to
> reformat it to put on a clean OS without all the other crap software that
> came with it. When I put a clean Vista (not asus recovery dick) in the
> drive it didn't ask me to reformat like XP would - it said that it would
> move the folders to 'windows.old', instead. I tried using XP but it
> doesn't see the drive because it's Sata. I don't have a floppy drive to be
> able to use DOS. How do I reformat this drive?

Thanks for your reply, Sam :-)

"Sam" <none> wrote in message
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> I totally missed the "Drive Options" link that displays the format command
> when clicked. Like Duh!
> Thanks.
>
> "Badger"
>> Does it give you the option to delete all partitions?
>> Be sure to boot with the Vista installed in the drive.
>>
>> "Sam"
>>> I just bought my first laptop yesterday (asus G71GX) and I want to
>>> reformat it to put on a clean OS without all the other crap software
>>> that came with it. When I put a clean Vista (not asus recovery dick) in
>>> the drive it didn't ask me to reformat like XP would - it said that it
>>> would move the folders to 'windows.old', instead. I tried using XP but
>>> it doesn't see the drive because it's Sata. I don't have a floppy drive
>>> to be able to use DOS. How do I reformat this drive?
>