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The Windows XP CD is bootable and contains all the tools necessary
to partition and format your drive. Follow this procedure and allow
Windows XP to partition and format your drive:
1. Open your BIOS and set your CD Drive as the first bootable
device.
2. Insert your Windows XP CD in the CD Drive and reboot your
computer.
3. You'll see a message to boot to the CD....follow the
instructions.
4. The setup menu will appear and you should elect to delete the
existing Windows partitions, then create a new partition, then
format the primary partition (preferably NTFS) and proceed to
install Windows XP.
5. Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]
6. After installing Windows XP, be sure and visit the support
website of the manufacturer of the computer to download and
install any available Windows XP compatible drivers, such as
video adapter and audio drivers.
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Nicholas
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Hi, I am on a dual boot with linux-ext and NTFS
partitions, one each. I want to format and re-install XP.
I don't care about keeping linux anymore.
What's the best thing I should do? I have the original
WinXP cd, is that my boot disk? I am worried that after
formatting, the CD won't work as a boot disk.
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