Until a certain extend, laptop must be formatted anyway, else it will become super dumb and slow. Normally we will plug in the Window Operating System's DVD into the DVD-ROM and set the DVD-ROM as the priority to run in the setup mode. When I was using my sister netbook, which is a mini laptop without the DVD-ROM, it was fully occupied with viruses and super slow then I realize it is the time to format it. In order to do so, I need to invest RM200++ for a hardware DVD-ROM. It will be waste afterwards because I will use it once for formatting purpose. Then I was thinking is there any other method to method at a cheaper cost...
*You can try to copy the whole Window OS files into the pendrive without performing below configuration and proceed to the formatting which I had tried earlier but failed.
What you need...
1. Netbook
2. Window OS DVD
3. USB pendrive with a capacity higher than the Window OS content
Steps...
1. Plug in the USB pendrive
2. Type CMD in the search box and hit Enter
3. The DOS window will prompt up, type diskpart and hit Enter again, another DOS program will ask permission to proceed, click YES to allow it and you will see something as below.
4. Type list disk then hit Enter, you will see total hard disks that are connected to this laptop. Check on the Size and identify which Disk ### is your pendrive. In my case, I am using 8GB, so Disk 1 is my pendrive.
5. Then, I will select my pendrive with the command select disk 1, and type detail disk to confirm it. The disk name is ETS, yes indeed. Type list disk again and infront of disk 1 will has a * to indicate that it is being selected.
6. Following by type clean to clear the configuration information on the disk. At this point, your pendrive is not accessible.
DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.
7. Then, type create partition primary and hit Enter.
DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.
8. Type select partition 1 and hit Enter.
Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
9. Type active and hit Enter. This section is the key factor that enable the pendrive to work/detectable during format.
DiskPart marked the current partition as active
10. After that, type format fs=fat32 and hit Enter. You can also tried with NTFS instead of FAT32, normally pendrive uses FAT32 while hard disk uses NTFS. Check out this link to know the difference between FAT and NTFS.
100 percent completed
DiskPart successfully format the volume.
11. Type assign and hit Enter. This will assign a new drive letter to the pendrive. For example, mine initially was E: but now become G:
DiskPart successfully assign the drive letter or the mount point.
12. Finally, type exit
13. Now, copy the whole Window OS files from the DVD into the pendrive. Plug in the pendrive into the netbook. Go to the laptop setup page, define this pendrive as the priority start up device and restart the netbook. Format as usual.
*Halfway during the formatting process, the netbook may requires a restart. Unplug the pendrive the moment it restart and plug it in when it resume the format page. Else, the netbook will not able to restart, it will stuck in the blue screen.
*You can try to copy the whole Window OS files into the pendrive without performing below configuration and proceed to the formatting which I had tried earlier but failed.
What you need...
1. Netbook
2. Window OS DVD
3. USB pendrive with a capacity higher than the Window OS content
Steps...
1. Plug in the USB pendrive
2. Type CMD in the search box and hit Enter
3. The DOS window will prompt up, type diskpart and hit Enter again, another DOS program will ask permission to proceed, click YES to allow it and you will see something as below.
4. Type list disk then hit Enter, you will see total hard disks that are connected to this laptop. Check on the Size and identify which Disk ### is your pendrive. In my case, I am using 8GB, so Disk 1 is my pendrive.
6. Following by type clean to clear the configuration information on the disk. At this point, your pendrive is not accessible.
DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.
7. Then, type create partition primary and hit Enter.
DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.
8. Type select partition 1 and hit Enter.
Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
9. Type active and hit Enter. This section is the key factor that enable the pendrive to work/detectable during format.
DiskPart marked the current partition as active
10. After that, type format fs=fat32 and hit Enter. You can also tried with NTFS instead of FAT32, normally pendrive uses FAT32 while hard disk uses NTFS. Check out this link to know the difference between FAT and NTFS.
100 percent completed
DiskPart successfully format the volume.
11. Type assign and hit Enter. This will assign a new drive letter to the pendrive. For example, mine initially was E: but now become G:
DiskPart successfully assign the drive letter or the mount point.
12. Finally, type exit
13. Now, copy the whole Window OS files from the DVD into the pendrive. Plug in the pendrive into the netbook. Go to the laptop setup page, define this pendrive as the priority start up device and restart the netbook. Format as usual.
*Halfway during the formatting process, the netbook may requires a restart. Unplug the pendrive the moment it restart and plug it in when it resume the format page. Else, the netbook will not able to restart, it will stuck in the blue screen.
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