Formatting a hard drive with Vista Business w/XP Pro

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• My users will not be displayed when I slave my hard drive with Vista on a computer running Windows 7.

  How can I solve this problem and have my admin and my user appear in the directory?  My hard drive went out on me on my other computer, so I tried to slaves in the top of the tower.  All other folders appear in my directory, but not users.  There are default user on this subject.  Can I use a data recovery software, but it will take a day and a half to get the files.  I ran the program of restoration of data for a few hours and it has recovered some of the pictures I want.  So I try to see if I'm doing something wrong, before investing in the recovery of the entire file.  Thank you.

  Steve

  Hello

  see this link:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-hardware/hard-drive-with-Vista-installation-not-showing-up/8c810028-96c2-4d89-B918-a2a6712aa315

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-files/help-cant-see-all-the-files-from-my-old-hard-drive/bd3a9873-d871-4ef6-8b55-50292e7e0105

  I hope this helps.

• How do you format a hard drive with an operating system on it?

  This is actual a fairly simple question, I think compared to what should probably be asking. But on the idea of the recovery discs, I think it's what I excatly. If anything on the idea of format and replaced by reformat. The computer didn't come with any disks or news or have any information. But all CD/DVD discs recovery.

  In addition, when upgrading to this day, is losing usage characteristics. Options to other programs are losing as well. Or more hidden away from the use of the actual program.

  Trying to find info to format the hard drive is not very accurate. Contact support is usually meet with updates.

  Give something to work in the ideas of features/options elsewhere and others, disable or activate is just as accurate as to what it is with or against the options and features.

  Try to work with those who don't, with or without update seems to be best with reformatting later, with a format that is better placed within the use and what features work as installed.

  Help and Support is also in the lack of many topics and listed from the first installation. Online is the only other source of info otherwise. Updated information is the lack of fitness.

  Thus, on the idea of having to reformat, I would rather just format the drive.

  You can see http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html#steps and/or method 1 in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978307.

• How to FORMAT my hard drive with a RECOVERY PARTITION and my system restore from. BKF files

  History made as short as possible.

  I inherited a gateway with XP Media Center 2004. I transferred all my old files to the new computer, and it worked fine. I did a full backup of the system (.) BKF). Later, I installed a disc for my Vivitar camera I used before with my old system and my computer crashed.

  I tried everything I know to do a restore. F8, F10 and F11 during start-up and the best I could come up with was the safe MODE, but it would fail to any ENTRY.

  I really feel like the hard disk must be formatted and start over. I can not access the recovery partition and no XP CD was provided.

  My question is: How can I reformat the hard drive with a petition of recovery and reinstall my operating system of BKF files?

  If you have a recovery partition, I suggest you post in the forums of the bridge
  assistance.
   
  Another option is the following:
  http://tips.vlaurie.com/2006/05/recovery-console-for-those-without-an-XP-disk/
   
  "luckyone_27105" wrote in message
  News: 720fbbc2-6fb9-4fd7-9411-bdd1ec89b144...
  > A long history made as short as possible.
  >
  > I inherited a gateway with XP Media Center 2004. I transferred all my old
  > files to the new computer and it worked fine. I did a full backup of the system
  > (. BKF). Later, I installed a disc for my Vivitar camera I used
  > before with my old system and my computer crashed.
  >
  > I have tried everything I know to do a restore. F8, F10, and F11
  > during startup and the best I could come up with safe MODE, but it would be
  > not allow any INPUT.
  >
  > I really feel like the hard disk must be formatted and start over. I have
  > unable to access the recovery partition and no XP CD was provided.
  >
  > My question is: How can I reformat the hard drive with a petition of recovery
  > and reinstall my operating system of BKF files?
  >
   
   

• How to format a hard drive with a production system of crude fat ranking system 32

  Try to format a hard drive in fat32.  Windows says it cannot format drive is gross, ranking system.

  If the drive is larger than 32 GB, Windows XP does not let you format using FAT32 (there is a debate on the question of whether you can use the formatting command line tool, but given that it will take much time to format a large drive, you probably don't want to try it; Microsoft actually meant that you can't format a large FAT32 drive during the installation of Windows).

  Keep in mind that a partition formatted in FAT32 has a maximum file size of 4 GB.

  Microsoft recommends using a Win 98 boot disk (if your machine actually has a floppy drive).  Or you can download fat32format and use it.

• Format my hard drive with XP

  I have an older Dell with Windows XP and the disks of reinstalling original windows with purchase.  Caused by a virus, about 2 years ago I took my computer to a repair shop and had to reinstall windws XP.  I'm now trying to reinstall XP myself, but apparently the shop used a newer version reinstall drive, because when I load my CD, it says that it won't work because it is an older version.

  Is it possible that I can format the hard ddrive and then re-load using my original XP CD?

  You are trying to reinstall XP from within a session of XP, which cannot be done.  Insert the original CD in the drive and restart the computer.  At some point during the startup of th, a message «Press any key to boot from CD...» "should be displayed on the monitor. Press a button and the installation process should begin

• Impossible to format a hard drive with XP Pro partition; some files to refuse to allow the deletion.

  My original XP Pro OS has been corrupted after a CHKDSK procedure that wiped out the OS files. I finally had to re - install on another partition and now I want to format the C: partition to get rid of what was wrong with her. But the FORMAT has terminated before finishing on three tests. I deleted the 99% of the files, but about 5 or 6 are still saying that the system cannot remove them, and they are preventing the working FORMAT. Why the FORMAT is not just overwrite these files?

  If you have reinstalled on another partition, then the boot loader is still on the origonal partition and formatting that partition will make your PC no longer starts

  Start over and clean install win properly http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

  BTW, a broken chkdsk procedure can indicate that your hard drive has a problem, you may want to visit your site from manufacturers of HD and download / create startup utility check disk for example SeaTools for Seagate drives

• I can trade on a hard drive with vista on my computer windows 7 to get information

  Hello

  I have a hard drive from a damaged hp laptop which had vista loaded onto it and weas wondering if there was a way to share try it with a laptop that has windows 7 loads on it. I would like to do this just to get the files I need.

  Hello

  If swap you drives does not start no doubt HP laptop hard drive uses drivers of motherboard for the laptop installed original

  Here are the different ways to retrieve data

  the 3rd method does not apply to you that your HP laptop is damaged

  Data recovery

  1. remove the hard drive and it slave in another computer

  2 buy or borrow a USB disk drive hard put in yout case then plug it into another computer and read the hard drive like this

  3. try Knoppix

  http://www.Knopper.NET/Knoppix/index-en.html

  BUT this method 3 depends on your hardware in the computer that failed

• cannot access second hard drive with Vista

  I just installed a second hard drive in my laptop. The Bios recognizes and it appears on the desktop, but when I try to access the drive to format it, it says that I don't have sufficient rights to perform this operation. I am logged on as administrator

  I can't format a partition to NTFS my laptop, I can't access same dirve. Received a message that you do not have sufficient rights to perform this operation while I try to format the disk have any solution... ?
  http://wiki.answers.com/Q/I_cant_format_my_laptop's_one_NTFS_partition_I_cant_access_same_dirve. Got_a_message_you_do_not_have_sufficient_rights_to_perform_this_operation_while_i_try_to_format_the_drive_Have_any_solution...

  Access denied when accessing USB drives in Windows Vista
  http://blarts.WordPress.com/2007/12/08/access-denied-when-accessing-USB-drives-in-Windows-Vista/

• Upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 for free. Format a hard drive with Windows 10. Same upgrade again.

  I have laptop which has been also upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10. But it works very well. But on PC I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 free without entering a product key. So at the beginning I had same problem as in this case:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_8-update/blackgrey-screen-after-update-and-restart/a3b479de-b565-48D9-8640-73ba8dcdc5d8
  Which I was not able to solve. A kind of workaround was to create another user. But with that I lost all settings. So I restored Windows 10 in original condition and everything was fine. Until this happens:
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-security/cant-access-change-user-account-control-settings/da8c63a9-F995-4e8b-88d8-34c4d813084e

  I tried all the answers, that is to create another user, or use points of restoration, or boot. There is nothing to solve this problem. Then at first, I tried to apply USB recovery but after all treatment, there was an error and the only option to restart. Second, I tried to restore the system, which also failed. I'm done with formatting hard drive and use the Windows 7 DVD. I skipped looking for updates and you don't have invitation to upgrade in the taskbar. That said, when I tried to upgrade to Windows 10 with GetWindows10 - Web_Default_Attr.exe app after about 1-2 hout of certain operations it asks me to enter the product key and there is no option to skip this step.

  Is it possible to upgrade once more at all? Do I need to install all updates for Windows 7 first? Or GetWindows10 - Web_Default_Attr.exe app is not a good way for me to upgrade?

  If you have your Windows 7 product key, you can use it to install a new copy of Windows 10:

  How to install and activate Windows 10 using your Windows 7 or Windows 8 product key

• Try to format my hard drive with windows xp installed.

  I went to cmd and on c:\ > I typed in format c: it came with the usual caveat. Continue the at I clicked on Y for Yes it came with the format cannot run because the format is used by another process. Format may run if this volume is dismounted first. All handles to this volume would then be invalid.
  You want to force a disassembly on this Volume? y (y/n)
  Cannot lock the drive. The volume is still in use.
  How to unlock the drive or do I have to purchase software that erases my own hd.

  On mon, 19 Sep 2010 19:27:56 + 0000, CurtisJG wrote:

  I went to cmd and on c:\ > I typed in format c: it came with the usual caveat. Continue the at I clicked on Y for Yes it came with the format cannot run because the format is used by another process. Format may run if this volume is dismounted first. All handles to this volume would then be invalid.
  You want to force a disassembly on this Volume? y (y/n)
  Cannot lock the drive. The volume is still in use.
  How to unlock the drive or do I have to purchase software that erases my own hd.

  You cannot format the drive Windows is installed on to in
  Windows. It's like sawing the branch of a tree, you are sitting
  on.

  What is your purpose here? You want to reinstall Windows properly?

  If so, just boot from the Windows CD (any version) and follow the
  guests for a clean install; the installation will begin by
  formatting the drive.

  Ken Blake (MS-MVP)

• Hard drive with Vista?

  Using Vista, which means when the computer disks window opens following authentication?  I have run diagnostics and get a failure on two test HD internal: target read and SMART short self test.  But when I run chkdsk, it doesn't seem to be a problem.  Should I take the player window as a sign that the internal hard drive is a logon failure when his connection?

  Thank you.

  I don't know why Explorer opens the window of the player at the start, but you must take the warnings of diagnoses (especially the caveat SMART) seriously and prepare for imminent hard disk failure.  The idea behind SMART is that he sees the problems while they can still be compensated and to notify you prior to the system of training/can no longer compensate for the problem.

  "harddrivefailingVista" wrote in the new message: * e-mail address is removed from the privacy... *

  Using Vista, which means when the computer disks window opens following authentication?  I have run diagnostics and get a failure on two test HD internal: target read and SMART short self test.  But when I run chkdsk, it doesn't seem to be a problem.  Should I take the player window as a sign that the internal hard drive is a logon failure when his connection?

  Thank you.

• How to format external hard drive with El Capitan

  Earlier, I had disk utility application and he showed me what he can do.  After el Capitan, today, I checked the same application, but this time I couldn't find how to do a partition or format my external drive.

  How can I do?

  In disk utility, select the icon at the top of your player and click the clear button.  This will give you this:

  

  Move again, click the icon at the top of your player and select the Partition:

  

  In the next window, place the circular slider until you get the size of the partition that you want and click on apply:

  

  

• How to change the o/s of Win XP Home instead of Win XO Pro on the computer without having to format the hard drive?

  My colleague accidentally installed Win XP Home Edition on a computer that we have configured as a server e-mail and files.

  How do I change OS to Win XP Pro without having to re - format the hard drive?

  The Win XP Pro is a supplier for the machine. When you change the hard drive (old one crashed), the o/s bad has been installed as they were also recoverinig another PC with Win XP Home.

  Any advise is much appreciated!

  Hi ChongPang,

  If you proceed with the installation of XP Pro from XP home, it will ask you to upgrade.

  I hope this helps.

• I need to format my hard drive. How can I reload my Windows Vista? Have HP Pavilion dv6000

  Problems with the laptop. I would like to format the hard drive, but I have no disk Windows Vista. Help?

  You are the very welcome, Leon.