Distructive reformat

[Susan]

I have the disks and I need to do a reformat of my hard
drive. Can someone please help me get started...

 

[anne]

why
did you run anti-virus and or spybot programs.
we need more info as to why you are reformating.
maybe reformat is not what you want to do.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Susan,

Boot the WinXP CD, start a new installation, you can format as part of it,
no need to do any separate steps first.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Bruce Chambers]

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.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

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

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


Bruce Chambers

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[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Maybe reformat IS what she wants to do. That is why she asked the question.
I can think of a few reasons to reformat!