Re: Need to Reformat HD & Reinstall Windows...HOW ?

Bubey wrote:
In Win XP how does one Reformat the Hardrive so I can do
a clean reinstall ? Checked in Control Panel for making a
bootable disk, but guess that went away with Win XP?
Thanks in advance for the help.


You need an XP installation cd (all of which are bootable) or the recovery disks that came with your computer if you have that type of machine.

Assuming that you don't have a machine with recovery disks, here are clean install instructions:

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows - What you will need on-hand


Malke
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