Installing A Workstation > Pre-Install > Formatting
Formatting
After partitioning comes formatting, which gives a hard
disk the underlying structure that lets Windows store
files (including those that make up itself) and lets ZENWorks
install images.
I am assuming here, that you are formatting the Windows half
of a two-partition drive prepared in the Partitioning page.
- Reboot the workstation.
- Choose to boot from the CD.
- Choose to boot to the DOS prompt. You should be at the prompt D:\DOS>
- Type FORMAT C: and press Enter.
- At the cautionary prompt, type 'Y' and press Enter.
- Do something else for a half hour or so.
- When the format is done, the program display its results. It will
ask for a label. Press Enter.
- Remove the restoration CD and press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart the computer.
© 2003 by Andy West. Written 26 November 2003.