Re: Formatting a hard disk with Windows XP Professional installed

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"Macky" <Macky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I want to format a hard drive that already has Windows XP Professional
installed. Basically, i just want to use the drive for data storage so I
do
not need XP on the drive. How do I do this?

If the drive does NOT contain the active Windows installation
then you format it like any other partition: Right-click it in "My
Computer", then select "Format".

If it DOES contain the active Windows installation then
Windows won't let you format it.


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