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Now that you have
partitioned your hard drive, the first part of
the Installation process is formatting it.
Formatting means erasing the drive and setting
up the file system that it will use.
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Reboot
with the CD in the drive, and when
asked, choose to start Windows
Startup (Option 1). |
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As you
begin, Windows Startup gives you the
options of either asking for help,
quitting or continuing. |
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It will
detect that your C: drive (which is
actually your first partition) in
not formatted. Choose to format it. |
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Wait
while the formatting proceeds. This
may take some time. |
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After
formatting your C: drive, Windows
Startup will also detect that your
D: drive (your second partition) is
not formatted, either. It is not
necessary to do so at this point,
but go ahead and format it now so
you don’t have to worry about it
later. |
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After
all the formatting is finished,
Windows Startup will inform you that
it is continuing and will perform
some checks of your hard drives. |
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As those
checks are performed, your screen
will look like this. |
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When the
checks are finished, you will be
told (hopefully) that no errors were
found. |
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