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    How to boot into cmd prompt without OS disc

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by mogger, Aug 24, 2010.

  1. mogger

    mogger Notebook Guru

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    I have an OS disc but what if I didn't.

    I want to format my HDD, to do this I need to start command prompt without windows.

    Can you do this?

    Thanks
     
    mogger, Aug 24, 2010
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    You can't format your hard drive without booting from some other media. If you don't have your OS disk, that would basically make the computer useless anyway. What are you trying to accomplish?
     
    Pitabred, Aug 24, 2010
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  3. mogger

    mogger Notebook Guru

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    Yeah I know, that makes sense :rolleyes:

    I do have an OS disc, I just was wondering if there was a way to do it right there, without having to get the disc, but... Yeah I guess you can't really.

    Thanks for the reply!
     
    mogger, Aug 24, 2010
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  4. olyteddy

    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    Plenty of bootable disks out there, although they do all have some kind of OS on them...Ultimate Boot CD is just one of them.
     
    olyteddy, Aug 24, 2010
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    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    If you have the 200mb system partition installed, then you should be able to boot into the recovery environment by pressing F8 at startup and selecting "Repair Your Computer", which, once booted up will have a command prompt option.
     
    timtravel42, Aug 25, 2010
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    Han Bao Quan The Assassin

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    Han Bao Quan, Aug 25, 2010
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