Re: format ?

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If you do it correctly, Vista isn't involved when you do it. You can't
format a drive from within the operating system; that's like cutting
down the tree that you're sitting in.
Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if
necessary to accomplish this) and follow the .........................
Thanks very much for the information I try that.
Basically I was referring to how I've typed format c:
at the command prompt every since dos to XP and it has
has always formatted drive c. Then when I rebooted with
the OS cd in the cd drive it would then boot from it, since
C drive no longer had anything on it.


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