Formatting my hard drive Win XP

[Mo]

I would like to format my Hard drive to get rid of all
the junks and bugs I have it. Please let me know how to
format my hard drive. I have the XP Professional and I
would like to boot up through the CD drive but I can't do
that. Please help ASAP.
Thanks

 

[geru]

-----Original Message-----
I would like to format my Hard drive to get rid of all
the junks and bugs I have it. Please let me know how to
format my hard drive. I have the XP Professional and I
would like to boot up through the CD drive but I can't do
that. Please help ASAP.
Thanks

To boot from the CD you'll need to make the CD ROM FIRST
bootable device in your BIOS. To enter BIos press the F8
key.

 

[Chris Lanier]

Is there a reason you can't boot from the CD. Set your BIOS to boot from
the CD Drive or download the 6 boot floppies from Microsoft to start the
setup

Windows XP Bootdisk Sets
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

 

[Plato]

To boot from the CD you'll need to make the CD ROM FIRST
bootable device in your BIOS. To enter BIos press the F8
key.

Also have to make sure that the bios setting for the cDrom is set to
AUTO, not NONE as many home builders/small pc shops set it up as.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

The key or key combo used to access the BIOS differs between BIOS makers.
Award and AMI commonly the Delete Key, and Compaq generally uses F10. But no
BIOS is accessed using F8. The F8 key is used to access the Advance Menu if
Windows XP is installed.
Michael Steven's has a good list of commonly used BIOS access keys
http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

 

[Harry Ohrn]

The XP CD displays a message that says "press any key to boot CD...." and
gives you only 5 seconds to press a key before it passes to the next device
which is usually your Hard Drive. Some computer have a setting in the BIOS
that enables Silent Boot or Rapid BIOS Boot. Or some BIOS have a Logo that
is displayed during bootup. If so disable these as you might not be seeing
the boot message displayed.

 

[Ron Sommer]

Hit the Esc key to remove boot logs and display boot messages.
--
Ron Sommer

The XP CD displays a message that says "press any key to boot CD...." and
gives you only 5 seconds to press a key before it passes to the next device
which is usually your Hard Drive. Some computer have a setting in the BIOS
that enables Silent Boot or Rapid BIOS Boot. Or some BIOS have a Logo that
is displayed during bootup. If so disable these as you might not be seeing
the boot message displayed.
--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

I would like to format my Hard drive to get rid of all
the junks and bugs I have it. Please let me know how to
format my hard drive. I have the XP Professional and I
would like to boot up through the CD drive but I can't do
that. Please help ASAP.
Thanks