Formating?

From: Jim Miller (jim2926_at_juno.com)
Date: 05/09/04 

Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 14:38:06 -0700

Is there anyway to format the hard drive w/ Win 2000 Professional?
I booted up the computer and pressed F8. I then scrolled down to
Command Prompt in the safe mode. I tried to Fdisk the harddrive,
but it wouldn't allow me to do so. The message said that I would
have to do some kind of dismount. What do I need to do in order
to Fdisk my harddrive with Win 2000? I want to start off with a
clean slate. If I reinstall using the Win 2000 disk, the settings and
files still remain on the harddrive. I want to erase everything!

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