Re: Formating hard disk using XP
From: SlowJet (SlowJet_at_noTY2this.com)
Date: 11/17/04
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 02:59:00 GMT
Unplug any removable device that is assigned a drive letter other than
CD-ROM.
Boot from the XP CD (set bios to boot CD fisrt), and use the install screen
to delete the exiting partitions.
Then create a primary partition of for the XP system / boot and a second
partition for dtata. If you have a small disk (20 GB) make the first
partition 16 GB. If you have a 40 GB disk, then make the first 24 GB, if you
have a larger disk, make the first 24 but not greater than 32 GB.
After partitons are created, select the fisrt and install XP checking to
make sure you format with NTFS with 4K cluster and that the driver letter is
C:.
You do not need to create or format the other partitons at install time as
you can use disk manager later. But when you do create the last partiton
leave 8 MB of unused space. (That's MB not GB, very small)
After OS is up and running, install any motherboard drivers, other device
drivers, AV and a Firewall before connecting to intenet.
After connecting to internet go to mfg sites and download current drivers,
update AV patterns.
SJ
"MAJ" <MAJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1DF9D96E-8FE3-431C-AA19-EFE259BB9103@microsoft.com...
> How can I format the hard disk and start fresh to install a new copy of XP
> home addition?? I then want to create a partition so I have drive C and
> D??
> Thanks a lot for your help
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