want to format existing hard drive

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Scott

I had to start fresh. So i tried to reinstal win xp,
which i thought would deleat everything else but it did
not. I want to reformat my had drive. does any one know
how to do this???
 
"does any one know how to do this???"Yes


You boot the CD.


| I had to start fresh. So i tried to reinstal win xp,
| which i thought would deleat everything else but it did
| not. I want to reformat my had drive. does any one know
| how to do this???
 
Greetings --

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot
devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


Bruce Chambers

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