format HD on laptop

[Veronika]

Hi;

how do I reformat my hard drive on laptop. I am running Window XP pro.

Thanks

Veronika

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Hi;

how do I reformat my hard drive on laptop. I am running Window XP pro.

Thanks

Veronika

If you're sure you need to do this, and you have an XP boot CD (not a system
restore CD), you can simply boot from the CD and go into Setup. Setup
allows you to format the drive.

You should be able to get this far on any retail XP CD, regardless of
version. You're asked for the key a little later. OEM CDs may check
for BIOS branding first and so may not work (that is, if for example you've
only got access to a Dell XP CD, it may not run on a Toshiba system).

Note that if the drive is over 40 gig or so, you will not be offered the
choice to format as anything but NTFS. If you need to format such a drive
as FAT, you must use a Win9x or ME boot floppy. Assuming, of course, your
laptop has a floppy drive.

HTH
-pk

 

[DL]

Assuming you are refering to the o/s hard drive, by setting the laptop bios
to boot from cd, then inserting and booting from your winxp cd

 

[Dave Patrick]

To do a clean install, boot the Windows XP install CD-Rom. Setup inspects
your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to install the setup
and driver files. When the Windows XP Professional screen appears, press
ENTER to set up Windows XP Professional.

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
to boot the Windows XP CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very important (at
setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive controller
detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later you'll be
prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows XP driver for your
drive controller in drive "A")

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows XP Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

Be sure to apply SP2 or at least these two below to your new install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&displaylang=en

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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[Harry Ohrn]

Hi;

how do I reformat my hard drive on laptop. I am running Window XP pro.

Thanks

Veronika

Go here and look at How To Format
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm