Re: Reformat

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From: Norm (spam_at_spammer.com)
Date: 04/08/04 

Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 23:35:18 GMT

Change your bios to allow you to boot from the XP cd and follow the prompts.

"Tim" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:15ba401c41dc1$24a9add0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Can anyone tell me how to reformat my hard drive on
> Windows XP?
>

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