clean install

[OR]

I want a clean reinstall of XP professional. Do I have to repartition my
harddrive or is it enough to just format the partition I want the OS to
reside? There are two partitions on my harddrive c: and d:

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I want a clean reinstall of XP professional. Do I have to repartition my
harddrive or is it enough to just format the partition I want the OS to
reside? There are two partitions on my harddrive c: and d:

It is sufficient to format the WinXP target partition.

 

[Twayne]

I want a clean reinstall of XP professional. Do I have to

repartition my harddrive or is it enough to just format the partition
I want the OS to reside? There are two partitions on my harddrive c:
and d:

Technically the only way to "clean" install is to wipe out/recreate the
partition and rebuild from there. As long as you have an XP operating
system CD and backups of all your data, you should be fine.

A simple reformat will also work, but it's not as thorough a process,
depending on your reasons for wanting to clean install. Also realize, I
hope, that you cannot format drive C if you are running the format from
drive C; you'll need the CD to do that.