ultimate: formatting HD..

Frank wrote:
> maya wrote:
>> hi,
>>
>> how do you format HD in Vista.. I searched in HELP section.. these
>> are entries in results:
>>
>> How often do I need to be concerned with formatting disks?
>> What do I need to do to format a hard disk?
>> What file system should I use?
>> What's a quick format?
>> What are partitions and volumes?
>> How do I create more partitions?
>> How do I add a new hard disk?
>>
>> under 2nd entry it says something like you need to create partitions
>> first, then format each partition, this is RETARDED.. (ah yes,
>> nothing with Vista is simple.. as soon as I have money I will purchase
>> Windows XP, and ditch Vista for good...) in any other OS you
>> right-click on drive you want to format and then hit "format" --
>> that's it... of course with Vista everything has to be so complicated...
>>
>> thank you...
>>
>>
>>
>>
> hehehe...you're a moron who is also an idiot!
> Or are you an idiot who also happens to be a moron?...Hahahah!


once again Frank, you SHINE with you very useful response....
 >> Stay informed about: ultimate: formatting HD.. 

"maya" wrote in message

> Frank wrote:
>> maya wrote:
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> how do you format HD in Vista.. I searched in HELP section.. these are
>>> entries in results:
>>>
>>> How often do I need to be concerned with formatting disks?
>>> What do I need to do to format a hard disk?
>>> What file system should I use?
>>> What's a quick format?
>>> What are partitions and volumes?
>>> How do I create more partitions?
>>> How do I add a new hard disk?
>>>
>>> under 2nd entry it says something like you need to create partitions
>>> first, then format each partition, this is RETARDED.. (ah yes, nothing
>>> with Vista is simple.. as soon as I have money I will purchase Windows
>>> XP, and ditch Vista for good...) in any other OS you right-click on
>>> drive you want to format and then hit "format" --
>>> that's it... of course with Vista everything has to be so
>>> complicated...
>>>
>>> thank you...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> hehehe...you're a moron who is also an idiot!
>> Or are you an idiot who also happens to be a moron?...Hahahah!
>
>
> once again Frank, you SHINE with you very useful response....
>
>
>

So dipshit, you want others to do the work for you. How about bringing up a
browser (if you don't know how to do that task, ask a kid) then google the
sentences you are asking about. Is that to much trouble?
 >> Stay informed about: ultimate: formatting HD.. 

You have a very good help file in Vista under "Disk Management" that should
answer most of your questions. To get to Disk Management click "Start" then
RIGHT click on "Computer" this will open a context menu from that menu click
on "Manage" answer the UAC prompt. The "Computer Management" window will
open. In the folders column that open under the heading "Storage" click on
the "Disk Management" when the main windows is showing all your Drives look
at the top menu bar and click on "Help" then chose "Help Topics" another
window opens and under the Contents Tab you will see a + sign next to "Disk
Management:Welcome" click on the + sign and study all the files. If you
should have any more questions google will be a great friend.
For more information continue to read below and follow the links so you can
learn.

"maya" wrote in message

> hi,
>
> how do you format HD in Vista.. I searched in HELP section.. these are
> entries in results:

You can all so find answers and or links to most of your questions from the
Vista help files. e.g. with out a search in contents of the help folder
shows...
Contents
All Help
Maintenance and performance
Managing hard disks and memory

Managing hard disks and memory
*Managing hard disks: recommended links
*Memory and RAM: recommended links
*Formatting disks and drives
*Partitions and formats
*Managing hard disks
*Improving hard disk performance
*Managing memory and virtual memory

> How often do I need to be concerned with formatting disks?
[URL="http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/3ccec49c-2c67-4ff7-b672-ea1d32977aa81033.mspx"]http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/3ccec49c-2c67-4ff7-b672-ea1d32977aa81033.mspx[/URL]
> What do I need to do to format a hard disk?
[URL="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS303US305&q=What+do+I+need+to+do+to+format+a+hard+disk%3f"]http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS303US305&q=What+do+I+need+to+do+to+format+a+hard+disk%3f[/URL]
> What file system should I use?
[URL="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS303US305&q=What+file+system+should+I+use%3F&btnG=Search"]http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS303US305&q=What+file+system+should+I+use%3F&btnG=Search[/URL]
> What's a quick format?
[URL="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS303US305&q=What%27s+a+quick+format%3f"]http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS303US305&q=What%27s+a+quick+format%3f[/URL]
> What are partitions and volumes?
[URL="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS303US305&q=What+are+partitions+and+volumes%3f"]http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS303US305&q=What+are+partitions+and+volumes%3f[/URL]
> How do I create more partitions?
[URL="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS303US305&q=How+do+I+create+more+partitions%3f"]http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS303US305&q=How+do+I+create+more+partitions%3f[/URL]
> How do I add a new hard disk?
[URL="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS303US305&q=How+do+I+add+a+new+hard+disk%3f"]http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS303US305&q=How+do+I+add+a+new+hard+disk%3f[/URL]
>
> under 2nd entry it says something like you need to create partitions
> first, then format each partition, this is RETARDED..

When you become more familiar with the terminologies that are used for these
type operations your wanting to know about, then it may become less
confusing for you.

> (ah yes, nothing
> with Vista is simple.. as soon as I have money I will purchase Windows XP,
> and ditch Vista for good...) in any other OS you right-click on drive you
> want to format and then hit "format" -- that's it... of course with Vista
> everything has to be so complicated..
> thank you....


This is Just something you *missed or over looked*. You can still Right
Click the drive you want and the context munu offers you among other choises
*Format...* and Im sure it works as well as XPs give it a try.
IMO Vistas Dismanagement is somewhat better and easer to use than XPs.

Good luck
H Brown

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 >> Stay informed about: ultimate: formatting HD.. 

maya wrote:
> Frank wrote:
>> maya wrote:
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> how do you format HD in Vista.. I searched in HELP section.. these
>>> are entries in results:
>>>
>>> How often do I need to be concerned with formatting disks?
>>> What do I need to do to format a hard disk?
>>> What file system should I use?
>>> What's a quick format?
>>> What are partitions and volumes?
>>> How do I create more partitions?
>>> How do I add a new hard disk?
>>>
>>> under 2nd entry it says something like you need to create partitions
>>> first, then format each partition, this is RETARDED.. (ah yes,
>>> nothing with Vista is simple.. as soon as I have money I will
>>> purchase Windows XP, and ditch Vista for good...) in any other OS you
>>> right-click on drive you want to format and then hit "format" --
>>> that's it... of course with Vista everything has to be so
>>> complicated...
>>>
>>> thank you...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> hehehe...you're a moron who is also an idiot!
>> Or are you an idiot who also happens to be a moron?...Hahahah!
>
>
> once again Frank, you SHINE with you very useful response....
>
>
>
Get the fukk out of here and delete all instances of Vista, burn the
disk(s) and forever use XP.
Vista is simply beyond your very limited computer capabilities.
 >> Stay informed about: ultimate: formatting HD.. 

Maya don't mind Frank, he is not real bright. Mr. Brown gave some good tips
on how to do this in Vista. You still have the options to right click on the
hard drive to format etc. in Vista as you do in XP.
 >> Stay informed about: ultimate: formatting HD.. 

The C. [MS MVP] wrote:
> Maya don't mind Frank, he is not real bright. Mr. Brown gave some good tips
> on how to do this in Vista. You still have the options to right click on the
> hard drive to format etc. in Vista as you do in XP.

yep, I have known that for a long time now.. (ever since I've had the misfortune of
using this incredibly shoddy piece of sw that passes for an OS....

actually the reason I needed to reformat my HD is that -- since Vista is a such a
GREAT OS that needs re-install every few months -- I needed to re-install Vista, and
I wanted to make sure my HD got formatted first.. but I found a way to do this
during the re-install..)

thank you...
 >> Stay informed about: ultimate: formatting HD.. 

maya wrote:
> The C. [MS MVP] wrote:
>> Maya don't mind Frank, he is not real bright. Mr. Brown gave some good
>> tips on how to do this in Vista. You still have the options to right
>> click on the hard drive to format etc. in Vista as you do in XP.
>
> yep, I have known that for a long time now.. (ever since I've had the
> misfortune of using this incredibly shoddy piece of sw that passes for
> an OS....

That's funny, seeing as how Vista is the very best OS available today
and is successfully used by millions.
>
> actually the reason I needed to reformat my HD is that -- since Vista is
> a such a GREAT OS that needs re-install every few months

That is sheer unadulterated BULLSHIT!

-- I needed to
> re-install Vista, and I wanted to make sure my HD got formatted first..

Obviously you have no idea what you're doing.

> but I found a way to do this during the re-install..)

Well DUD!
My question to you is WTF are you doing to your computer that you think
you need to "reinstall" Vista every few months?
Care to explain?
Well...or is this beyond your technical and intellectual capabilities?
 >> Stay informed about: ultimate: formatting HD.. 

Frank wrote:
> maya wrote:
>> The C. [MS MVP] wrote:
>>> Maya don't mind Frank, he is not real bright. Mr. Brown gave some
>>> good tips on how to do this in Vista. You still have the options to
>>> right click on the hard drive to format etc. in Vista as you do in XP.
>>
>> yep, I have known that for a long time now.. (ever since I've had the
>> misfortune of using this incredibly shoddy piece of sw that passes for
>> an OS....
>
> That's funny, seeing as how Vista is the very best OS available today
> and is successfully used by millions.
>>
>> actually the reason I needed to reformat my HD is that -- since Vista
>> is a such a GREAT OS that needs re-install every few months
>
> That is sheer unadulterated BULLSHIT!
>
> -- I needed to
>> re-install Vista, and I wanted to make sure my HD got formatted first..
>
> Obviously you have no idea what you're doing.
>
>> but I found a way to do this during the re-install..)
>
> Well DUD!
> My question to you is WTF are you doing to your computer that you think
> you need to "reinstall" Vista every few months?
> Care to explain?
> Well...or is this beyond your technical and intellectual capabilities?

what am **I** doing to my computer??? well Frank, here it is: one day out of the
blue the remote control won't work anymore, so I can't watch movies anymore (and
can't use it for Rhapsody and slide shows and other stuff..) another day the
microphone stops working, so I can't use Skype anymore, which means I can't call my
family anymore (they're all outside the U.S..) one day Vista stops reading ALL
THREE of my external hard drives.. short of a re-isntall of Vista NOTHING has
solved these problems (not attempting to re-install drivers for these devices or
anything else..)

I have posted here numerous times about these problems, nobody has ever posted a
solution that's an alternative to having to re-install Vista.. Vista has the
problem that many of the system files get corrupted, often, and very easily, and the
only way to solve this is to re-install Vista...

since you seem to think that of course, heaven forbid, there can be NOTHING wrong
with Vista, it's just me who doesn't know what I'm doing.. just so you know, I've
been using computers since 1981; I have used lots of different machines, both at
work and at home, I've used macs and pc's, I have used Windows 3.1, Windows 95,
Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and now Vista... and I have NEVER, I mean
ABSOLUTELY NEVER, had the kinds of problems -- and the AMOUNT of problems -- w/an OS
as I've had with Vista...

I don't know what your motivations are, Frank.. you hang out on this group only to
insult folks who have problems with Vista.. if you think Vista is such a good OS,
why don't you change your approach a bit and try to be more HELPFUL instead of
insulting to folks who have problems with Vista? why don't you try to CONVINCE
folks that Vista is not as bad as they think by HELPING them a bit instead of
insulting them?? because you know, your slash-and-burn approach only EMPHASIZES
what a lousy OS Vista is...
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maya wrote:

<---deleted whining diatribe as a public service-->

Ok here is the very best piece of advice I can give to you...get rid of
Vista...including the DVD (shred it!).
Re-format your HDD and install ubuntu.
Contact alias...he's an expert on ubuntu and hates Vista (just like you do).
Happy trails to you!...
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Frank wrote:
> maya wrote:
>
> <---deleted whining diatribe as a public service-->
>
> Ok here is the very best piece of advice I can give to you...get rid of
> Vista...including the DVD (shred it!).
> Re-format your HDD and install ubuntu.
> Contact alias...he's an expert on ubuntu and hates Vista (just like you
> do).
> Happy trails to you!...

there's NOTHING I want more than to ditch Vista, and I will do so as soon as I can
purchase XP...

so are you advocating Ubuntu now? I thought what made you tick was Vista....
 >> Stay informed about: ultimate: formatting HD.. 

maya wrote:
> Frank wrote:
>> maya wrote:
>>
>> <---deleted whining diatribe as a public service-->
>>
>> Ok here is the very best piece of advice I can give to you...get rid
>> of Vista...including the DVD (shred it!).
>> Re-format your HDD and install ubuntu.
>> Contact alias...he's an expert on ubuntu and hates Vista (just like
>> you do).
>> Happy trails to you!...
>
> there's NOTHING I want more than to ditch Vista, and I will do so as
> soon as I can purchase XP...
>
> so are you advocating Ubuntu now? I thought...

....well therein lies your problem...thinking.

what made you tick was
> Vista....
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