can't delete partition

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Brian Driehorst

Ok my computer crashed so I figured it was time to update
to XP. When I was setting it up, however, it wouldnt let
me erase the existing partition because it said it
contained necessary setup files. now, XP works fine but I
only have 1/5 of my hard drive left. it just installed it
right on top of all my old shit and to make it worse, I
can't even access my old stuff. Please help.
 
Brian Driehorst said:
Ok my computer crashed so I figured it was time to update
to XP. When I was setting it up, however, it wouldnt let
me erase the existing partition because it said it
contained necessary setup files. now, XP works fine but I
only have 1/5 of my hard drive left. it just installed it
right on top of all my old shit and to make it worse, I
can't even access my old stuff. Please help.
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Boot your computer from a DOS disk (available from www.bootdisk.com)
and remove all the partitions from the HDD. Then boot from the Windows
XP CD and set up the HDD and install the OS.
 
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