Re: Installed XP twice- hdd full
From: Donald McDaniel (orthocrossNOSPAM_at_cablespeedDOTcom.invalid)
Date: 09/06/04
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Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 21:53:02 -0700
On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 19:07:02 -0700, mjkaiz
<mjkaiz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>This is not stupid...I suspect many people reinstall with problems
>
>First of all, it's better to install a fresh copy over a clean drive. In
>other words, use either a utility or the DOS prompt to clean the drive (write
>"zero's" to the drive), and then install the OS. This insures a "clean
>install." Note, reformatting a drive is NOT the same thing as writing zero's.
>To reformat from DOS, first go to explorer and double click My Computer.
>Right click the "A: Floppy Drive" and choose to creat a MS-DOS start up disc.
>Use a clean, formatted floppy disc of course. Reboot with the disc in the
>drive. At the prompts, you can type in your formatting, deleting commands.
Booting to MSDOS using the Startup floppy created from within XP's
Explorer will not allow you to format your HD, since the floppy does
not contain the command necessary to do the formatting. If you should
desire to install XP from the DOS prompt, you would be better off to
obtain a Windows 9x/ME startup floppy from http://www.bootdisk.com
Donald L McDaniel
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