Re: I want to do a clean re-format

Swampy wrote:
I have a bootable floppy that puts me in the A:\ drive

Here's the prompt I get:

A:\>

Would someone who knows a little about DOS please walk me through this
"clean delete" process, please. Once I get to the CD-ROM (E:\) drive part, I
understand it from the reinstall disk part. But, getting there is my
problem. Do I type "reformat" (without the quotes)?




The boot diskette is a thing of the past, as all legitimate WinXP installation CDs are already bootable.

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


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