Re: I'm drawing a blank!

Maybe he doesn't want to do an install. I just formatted my second hard
drive and installed nothing on it. I use it to back up my data.

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"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

> Why do you think you can't format your hard drive from the WinXP CD?
>
> YOU ARE WRONG!
>
> That is exactly how you would format during an install.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
>
> aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
>
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
> "MIke" <axipolti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1114878902.480313.317680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> HI!
>> How would I format a 40G WD hard drive?
>>
>> I know I can't do it from within WinXP Home. Nor from the WINXP CD
>> disc. Can I do it without a special a special utility?
>>
>> ThanXXXXX! Mike G
>>
>
>


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