How to uninstall XP, reformat and reinstall?

[Duane Cahill]

OK, it seems like this should be simpler than I'm making it.

I've been having problems with stop errors, and couldn't seem to resolve
them. So after some amount of misery and backing up the files I'd need on
the D: drive, I decided to reinstall XP.

First step, the CD gave me a choice of repairing or reinstalling. What the
heck? I repaired. Didn't help, still got the blue screen of death.

Second step, go back and reinstall. I thought from what I'd read that this
would completely reformat my C: drive and install only the Windows XP OS
onto that drive.

Wrong!

What I now have when I boot up is a choice of two Windows XP OS's -- one is
on my C: drive and one is on my D: drive.

So what I really want to do is reformat my C: drive, get rid of XP off my D:
drive (but leave my backup files there), and start over again with XP
installed onto the C: drive.

How can I do this?

Thanks in advance,
Duane

 

[Will Denny]

Hi Duane

The following articles by MVP Michael Stevens will help you:

"How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install"
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

"Clean Install Windows XP"
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi!
look here for a clean installation:-
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
and during the installation you follow the onscreen instructions.Setup
will scan for previous Windows installations.Here you delete the
unwanted one on D and choose to clean install on C.
cheers!
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org