I am trying to install a clean install of xp home
edition. the computer got all screwy and nothing is
working right so i just want to wipe it out and start
over.

does the home edition reformat and repartition the
drive??

if so, should i do it from booting up from dos with the
cd??

any help would be greatly appreciated...

my experience with previous versions, i would use a
floppy boot disk to repartition and reformat but when i
tried it here, it wouldnt work...

please help!

The Windows XP CD is bootable and contains all the tools necessary
to partition and format your drive. Follow this procedure and allow
Windows XP to partition and format your drive:

1. Open your BIOS and set your CD Drive as the first bootable device.

---> Accessing Motherboard BIOS
---> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

2. Insert your Windows XP CD in the CD Drive and reboot your computer.
3. You'll see a message to boot to the CD....follow the instructions.
4. The setup menu will appear and you should elect to delete the existing
Windows partitions, then create a new partition, then format the primary
partition (preferably NTFS) and proceed to install Windows XP.

5. Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]

6. After installing Windows XP, be sure and visit the support website
of the manufacturer of the computer to download and install any
available Windows XP compatible drivers, such as video adapter
and audio drivers.

7. It would be best to physically disconnect all your peripheral hardware
devices, except for you mouse and keyboard, before installing XP.
After XP is installed, visit the support website of the manufacturer
of each hardware device to obtain the latest drivers or software
designed to work with Windows XP.


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"helen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message:
news:05b701c39130$b8cc7290$(E-Mail Removed)...

| I am trying to install a clean install of xp home
| edition. the computer got all screwy and nothing is
| working right so i just want to wipe it out and start
| over.
|
| does the home edition reformat and repartition the
| drive??
|
| if so, should i do it from booting up from dos with the
| cd??
|
| any help would be greatly appreciated...
|
| my experience with previous versions, i would use a
| floppy boot disk to repartition and reformat but when i
| tried it here, it wouldnt work...
|
| please help!

Greetings --

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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"helen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:05b701c39130$b8cc7290$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am trying to install a clean install of xp home
> edition. the computer got all screwy and nothing is
> working right so i just want to wipe it out and start
> over.
>
> does the home edition reformat and repartition the
> drive??
>
> if so, should i do it from booting up from dos with the
> cd??
>
> any help would be greatly appreciated...
>
> my experience with previous versions, i would use a
> floppy boot disk to repartition and reformat but when i
> tried it here, it wouldnt work...
>
> please help!