How to reformat

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Pecos

My system has a virus and is basically trashed. I want
to reformat my drive and reinstall XP but am unable to
find anything explaining how. The usual DOS commands
don't seem to work. ( I am new to working on an XP
computer). All the help topics say "reformat your drive"
but don't say how. Can someone help me?

Thank you,
Homer
 
Pecos,

You would be better off doing an online AV scan from a Safe Boot first.

If the virus attacked your Master Boot Record, it will still be there after
you reformat your HDD and reinstall WinXP.

Basically, you set BIOS to boot from CD, boot from WinXP CD and choose
Format and install when the option comes up. But see my caution above.
 
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