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how can i format a hard drive to hfs while in vista?
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Disk Management might complain about being unable to modify the 128/200 MB EFI slack partitions then. You should be able to format the HFS+ parts though.
APM will format just fine using Disk Management though.
I have a feeling you won't be able to delete the volume. I haven't had to do this in some time. I remember now it's the Windows installer that can't modify GPT drives but I'm unsure about Disk Management.
well here is my scenario
I have a hackintosh
I keep a bootable backup to try new system updates on
It kp'd so now I cant boot off that drive
My primary drive, i accidentally moved the kernel
I have chameleon and now even when I try and boot from the retail disk, it loads up chameleon (even if I have no drives selected at all in the boot priority) and the essage is that it can not find the kernel
How do I recover these hard drives? I don't care if I have to completely wipe them now but I couldn't reformat with my vista install dvd nor my xp install dvd
Any idea?
Thanks
no luck. doesnt seem to detect my drives...
this is quite annoying! i cant seem to salvage them
If all your looking to do is completely wipe the drives and start fresh, try this:
From the partition setup screen during the Vista install process, press Shift + F10. This will bring up a command prompt. At the command prompt, type
Dispart will start and you'll be presented with the diskpart "prompt" of DISKPART>. At the prompt, type
Note the disk number of the drive you want to wipe. At the DISKPART prompt, type
You'll get a message saying that Disk x is now the selected disk. At the DISKPART prompt, type
This will erase all the configuration information, including data, partition tables, MBR, etc from the disk!!
This will leave the disk in an "uninitialized" state and must now be partitioned. The disk should still be selected, so at the DISKPART prompt, type
You can also create other types of partitions using this command by swapping out "PRIMARY" for "EFI", "EXTENDED", "LOGICAL", and "MSR". If you use primary, it will simply create one large partition that fills the disk.
That should get you started. Diskpart is a very powerful tool though, so definitely type HELP at the DISKPART prompt for a full list of commands. you can also type HELP COMMANDNAME to get detailed info about that command.
From the partition setup screen during the Vista install process, press Shift + F10. This will bring up a command prompt. At the command prompt, type
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diskpartDispart will start and you'll be presented with the diskpart "prompt" of DISKPART>. At the prompt, type
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LIST DISKNote the disk number of the drive you want to wipe. At the DISKPART prompt, type
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SELECT DISK [I]YOURDISKNUMBER[/I]You'll get a message saying that Disk x is now the selected disk. At the DISKPART prompt, type
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CLEANThis will erase all the configuration information, including data, partition tables, MBR, etc from the disk!!
This will leave the disk in an "uninitialized" state and must now be partitioned. The disk should still be selected, so at the DISKPART prompt, type
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CREATE PARTITION PRIMARYYou can also create other types of partitions using this command by swapping out "PRIMARY" for "EFI", "EXTENDED", "LOGICAL", and "MSR". If you use primary, it will simply create one large partition that fills the disk.
That should get you started. Diskpart is a very powerful tool though, so definitely type HELP at the DISKPART prompt for a full list of commands. you can also type HELP COMMANDNAME to get detailed info about that command.
Awesome. I love DISKPART. It's a MS utility that actually works pretty well.yes, it did