Where do I find "Disk Management" to partition&format--Win XP home??

Thanks

dpost wrote:

> Where do I find "Disk Management"


Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Computer management.


> to partition&format--Win XP home??


But you can't do it that way. You can't format the Windows drive from within
Windows, since that would leave Windows without a leg to stand on.

Assuming that your intend is to reinstall Windows cleanly, just boot from
the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if necessary to accomplish
this) and follow the prompts for a clean installation (delete the existing
partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

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

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> dpost wrote:
>
>> Where do I find "Disk Management"
>
>
> Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Computer management.
>
>
>> to partition&format--Win XP home??
>
>
> But you can't do it that way. You can't format the Windows drive from within
> Windows, since that would leave Windows without a leg to stand on.
>
> Assuming that your intend is to reinstall Windows cleanly, just boot from
> the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if necessary to accomplish
> this) and follow the prompts for a clean installation (delete the existing
> partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then create a new one).
>
> You can find detailed instructions here:
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>
> or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm
>
> or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm
>
Ken,
I want to format an external USB HD.
But in my start| all Prograns|(there NO administrative Tools)
What Next??
Dick

Hi,

Click start/run, or hit the winkey+r to open a run box, type diskmgmt.msc
and click ok to open the disk manager. Right click free space on a drive to
partition it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

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> Where do I find "Disk Management" to partition&format--Win XP home??
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> Thanks

dpost wrote:

> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
>> dpost wrote:
>>
>>> Where do I find "Disk Management"
>>
>>
>> Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Computer management.
>>
>>
>>> to partition&format--Win XP home??
>>
>>
>> But you can't do it that way. You can't format the Windows drive
>> from within Windows, since that would leave Windows without a leg to
>> stand on. Assuming that your intend is to reinstall Windows cleanly, just
>> boot
>> from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if necessary to
>> accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean installation
>> (delete the existing partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then
>> create a new one). You can find detailed instructions here:
>> http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>>
>> or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm
>>
>> or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm
>>

> Ken,
> I want to format an external USB HD.


Then my assumption above is wrong, and just ignore what I said.


> But in my start| all Prograns|(there NO administrative Tools)
> What Next??


Go to Start | Run, and issue the command

%SystemRoot%\system32\compmgmt.msc /s

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Rick "Nutcase" Rogers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Click start/run, or hit the winkey+r to open a run box, type diskmgmt.msc
> and click ok to open the disk manager. Right click free space on a drive to
> partition it.
>
Thanks for the correct ans.
D.