Re: Re-formatting XP problem

Hi William -

What I'd do if I were you is download the software of the hard drive and
reformat that way. I don't know what kinda hard drive you have so I can't
say what to download. It's basically a tool to let you diagnose and
reformat the drive. Most drives comes with a disc or sort when you buy it
but I know this one probably came with your computer since it's a Dell.
It's probably easier to print out those instructions (from the website DL
gave you) and follow them instead of trying to memorize all the steps. Take
it from someone who learned the hard way ;-)

Good luck,
Wy

"William W Hines" <wmwh1217@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:13pibq5pgvi9e13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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