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    reformating with vista

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by eternal240sx, Apr 5, 2007.

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    eternal240sx Notebook Enthusiast

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    Im trying to refomat my g1 using command prompt but ran into a problem.

    Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
    Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    C:\Windows\system32>format c: /q
    The type of the file system is NTFS.
    Enter current volume label for drive C: vistaos

    WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
    DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST!
    Proceed with Format (Y/N)? y
    QuickFormatting 147625M
    System Partition is not allowed to be formatted.

    anyone know how i can fix this?
     
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    eternal240sx Notebook Enthusiast

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    also all i have to do is pop in the recovery disk afterwards correct?
     
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