Re: The old "format c:"
From: Will Denny (willdenny_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/21/04
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 22:55:24 +0100
Hi
Depending on what kind of XP CD you have, yes you can boot into 'DOS' and
use 'format C:' - boot with a Win ME/98 EBD select 'With CD support', then
format. Put the XP CD into the cd drive, change to the i386 folder and run
winnt.exe. Don't forget to load Smartdrive before the installation,
otherwise it will take hours.
**Please make sure that you have the appropriate XP CD beforehand. You need
either a full retail version or a retail 'upgrade' version with the
appropriate qualifying CD from a previous version of Windows. If you have
an OEM CD, I don't doubt this may not work. You will have to check
beforehand.**
-- Will Denny MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User Please reply to the News Groups "Leisure Suit Larry" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1f82901c457d8$1a463e20$a401280a@phx.gbl... | My computer, so far as I can tell, is just FUBAR with | viruses and spyware, bad registry and bad files that no | anti-virus or anti-spayware can clean. With all | the "innovations" and such of XP, can I still just get | a "C" prompt and reformat the hard drive and start over? | I don't want any silly partitions or whatever, and I don't | want any leftover viruses or spyware on the drive. I want | it spotless clean, with nothing, not even even anything in | the FAT. I only know enough to be dangerous. | | I've got the XP disc that came with the system (Gateway), | and all my software. I've got Norton's Internet Security | package as well, but it didn't stop the junk from piling | up on my machine. | | I thought these things were supposed to get EASIER to use | as time went one, not more impossible. | | Thanks, | |
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