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Xaviel

Hi. I am trying to format my hard drive. Do do this as
far as I am aware of I need to get into ms dos. I have
created numerous Ms dos startup disks all of which have a
problem. When booting off them an error message
appears. "I/O error replace disk"????? How do I overcome
this please, or if anyone knows another way of formatting
please help me. Thanks
 
Greetings, you dont need a DOS disk with Windows XP
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HOW TO: Partition and Format a Hard Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313348
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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 omputer.
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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