How do you Reformatting Window XP HE

[Randal]

Please let me know how to reformat my hard drive. It
keeps crashing, and going back to an earlier start date
does not work. Thanks for your help.
Please write to (e-mail address removed)

 

[Rocket J. Squirrel]

Reformatting means erasing everything on your hard disk. That means
everything you have not backed up is gone forever. That means you have to
reinstall Windows and all your other software. You have to update all your
software and set it up the way you like all over again. If there are any
glitches along the way, you have to be able to solve them. All in all, it's
a good way to kill a summer weekend.

Are you really sure you want to do that? Are you completely prepared to do
that?

"Performing a Clean Install of Windows XP"
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/honeycutt_02october07.mspx

Rocky

 

[JAX]

Formatting the drive is a pretty radical way to resolve a problem. First, I
would suggest, go to start>run and type "sfc /scannow"(no quotes and note
the space between the c and /). Have your XP disk at hand, you will probably
be prompted to insert it in the drive. If that does not resolve your
problem, try a repair install before you go to the extreme and format.
Follow the instructions for a repair install from the following link.
Disconnect all peripherals from the computer except the mouse, keyboard and
monitor before following either of the following.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
Thanks to Michael Stevens

Note, you will have to re-install XP updates.

If that brings no joy, you can follow the instructions from the following
site for a clean install.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Thanks again to Michael

LOL, JAX