RE: Low level re-format and partionning of a disk drive under Wind

Mick,

Thank you for the response. Yes, I just received the original manufacturer
installation disks. However, the re-installation process does not allow me to
partition or format anything. It just does it. I might just have to try again.

Jean-Pierre

P.S. You are right about the process. I have been through it a number of
times this
year.

"Mick Murphy" wrote:

Is it the proper XP disk, or the manufacturer's disk, with an image?
If Proper Microsoft XP disk, you delete existing partition, make a new
partirion, format it, and install XP, all from the XP disk.
--
Mad Mike


"dareys" wrote:

Greetings,

I have been experiencing a number of problems with Windows XP Home Edition
(SP2) on my machine.

At this point, I have re-installed the operating system half a dozen times
with the same suspect behaviour, in spite of getting new install disks from
the hardware vendor.

So, now I am considering a low level format of the machine, but I am having
a very hard time locating a boot disk containing the format or fdisk
commands. Can anyone point me to where I could find these files, on this
site, hopefully?

Thank you.

Jean-Pierre

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