Format PC without passing through DOS

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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 - 10 Nov 2009 à 12:10
Hello,

I want to know if its possible to format a pc without going through DOS ?
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
10 Nov 2009 à 12:10
You format a hard disk to configure it to work with the Operating System that you will be using.
You do not "format a computer". You install a operating system (OS) onto a formatted hard disk.

Windows XP will format your hard disk before installing itself if you choose that option. Windows XP does not understand how to format a Linux hard disk.

Linux will format the hard disk in a completely different way than Windows.