Re: Boot up files

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"yba02" <yba02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
Windows XP SP2.
Windows on partition C became unstable. I had to install a new version
on
another partition to be able to recover my files.
Mission accomplished and I'm now ready to format drive C. However, and
even
after modifying the boot.ini file not to include the corrupt Windows
option,
I still can not format C because of boot-up system files, such as ntldr.
How can I move them to the new partition and instruct the system to read
them from the new partition, not the old one?



You cannot format your C: drive

<snip>

Yes, you can, but only during the installation process after booting from
the installation CD.



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