Re: winxp pro and fdisk

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Joanne wrote:
I want to repartition my hard drive on my Dell Laptop and re-install
winxp pro, only I cannot figure out how to get to the C:\ prompt in
such a way that windows is not running and I can go ahead and do fdisk
to re-organize my hard drive.
Everytime I try by booting to the winxp cd disc, all it wants to do
is repair or re-install windows. I want to change the drive
partitioning before I reinstall
Could someone please tell me how to get where I need to be?
Much appreciation for your help
Joanne
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