Format

[Guest]

I'm have a few problems with my computer and I want to format my 'C' drive
,and reinstall "Windows XP " but I can't format my drive . When I go into the
"Format local Disk " window , the "Volume label' line is blank . Am I
supposed to fill in that part, and if I do, where can I find the information
for it. I had it first installed by a some who knows more about computers
then I do and I don't know if my drive is partioned or not Can you help me
???

 

[Ricky]

This site should help..
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

 

[Enkidu]

I'm have a few problems with my computer and I want to format my 'C'
drive ,and reinstall "Windows XP " but I can't format my drive . When
I go into the "Format local Disk " window , the "Volume label' line
is blank . Am I supposed to fill in that part, and if I do, where can
I find the information for it. I had it first installed by a some
who knows more about computers then I do and I don't know if my drive
is partioned or not Can you help me ???

Firstly, you cannot format the drive directly while running Windows.
It's the Operating System equivalent of cutting off the branch that you
are perching on. Not a good idea.

Secondly, you can format the disk when you reinstall the operating
system. When you boot off the CD you can at that stage pick an option to
reformat the drive. It may not be obvious though. Read the questions
carefully.

All drives are 'partitioned' even if there is only one partition. If you
have more than one active "drive letter", C:, D:, etc you have more than
one partition.

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[Poprivet]

Firstly, you cannot format the drive directly while running Windows.
It's the Operating System equivalent of cutting off the branch that
you are perching on. Not a good idea.

Secondly, you can format the disk when you reinstall the operating
system. When you boot off the CD you can at that stage pick an option
to reformat the drive. It may not be obvious though. Read the
questions carefully.

All drives are 'partitioned' even if there is only one partition. If
you have more than one active "drive letter", C:, D:, etc you have
more than one partition.

No, not necessarily. In fact, the first thing to do when doing a clean
install is to wipe out and recreat the partition, and then reformat it.
Windows will walk a person right thru the correct process.

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