Re: Re-formatting XP problem

Thank you for your response, DL. I'm still puzzled somewhat, because I
thought that followed every step in your post website. Maybe not!
Here's where I suspect that I messed up:

<10b If the hard drive or partition has a previous installation of XP you
want to remove, choose to delete the partition by pressing "D". You will
then be prompted to create a new partition in the empty space. This will
remove all data from the deleted space.>

I wasn't insterested in partitioning anything (even though I have a pretty
large HD). I just wanted to delete all the content from the previously
installed XP Home Edition. Then, I noticed my PC starting to act up and
become very slow (almost to a stop). I don't understand why that during my
re-install the content wasn't deleted when I selected "D" for delete? The
factory disk came with my Dell 4550 Dimension PC.

Will there be any use to try the re-install (format) again, or will the
situation only get worse?

Any ideas?

Thanks!


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