Format win'xp home w/no a: ?

[Guest]

I have a comp that I bought used in 2001, the floppy drive does not work so
how can I format so I can loose the many problems I have gotten on it? I have
looked in a lot of places, but everyone treats plastic as if it was gold, I'm
operating on a shoestring here, can anyone help me?

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

I have a comp that I bought used in 2001, the floppy drive does not work so
how can I format so I can loose the many problems I have gotten on it? I have
looked in a lot of places, but everyone treats plastic as if it was gold, I'm
operating on a shoestring here, can anyone help me?

Boot from the XP CD, then delete the partion and let XP recreate it
for you in NTFS or FAT32 as is your want.

Your machine will have to be set to boot from the CD in the BIOS.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Depending on which type of XP CD you have, please see the following link to
Michael Steven's article regarding a 'Clean' install of XP:

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

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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[Bruce Chambers]

I have a comp that I bought used in 2001, the floppy drive does not work so
how can I format so I can loose the many problems I have gotten on it? I have
looked in a lot of places, but everyone treats plastic as if it was gold, I'm
operating on a shoestring here, can anyone help me?

The boot diskette is 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.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

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

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


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Bruce Chambers

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