i want to install winxp professional but need to format first.when i insert win98se floppy to format there is an error refering to win nt.i was not aware that win nt was previously installed as it is a second hand computor,it appears that the previous owner installed over win nt.can u please tell me what i need to do to format from floppy

"erol barry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsF9C3F54-9AD0-45E9-80F6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> i want to install winxp professional but need to format first.when i
insert win98se floppy to format there is an error refering to win nt.i was
not aware that win nt was previously installed as it is a second hand
computor,it appears that the previous owner installed over win nt.can u
please tell me what i need to do to format from floppy

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No need to format anything in advance. Boot your PC with your WinXP CD, then
follow the prompts.

Greetings --

There's absolutely no need to use a Win9x boot diskette. Boot
diskettes are 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...B;en-us;316941

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

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


Bruce Chambers

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"erol barry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsF9C3F54-9AD0-45E9-80F6-(E-Mail Removed)...
>i want to install winxp professional but need to format first.when i
>insert win98se floppy to format there is an error refering to win
>nt.i was not aware that win nt was previously installed as it is a
>second hand computor,it appears that the previous owner installed
>over win nt.can u please tell me what i need to do to format from
>floppy