how to get Windows XP off my hard drive?

[shannon]

I have tried doing a boot disk and it wouldnt boot from
the floppy. I have also tried switching my bios to boot
off of the cd and it wouldnt do it either. Is there a
different boot disk that I can get?

Shannon


download and create a 98 bootdisk
If you have NOT changed to NTFS file system you should be
able to start and then
use the format command to erase the contents of the
partition that XP is on.
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
Here also is a Bootable CD with lots of emergency tools
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Remember that in order to boot off CD it should be 1st
boot device listed in
BIOS and usually a key needs to be pushed at the right
time on startup or else
the system will boot off the HD.
peter
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[peter]

Shannon
if you start a new tread and we are monitoring the old one how will we know if
what we suggested has not worked???

I would take a 2nd look at that BIOS page again where it lists the start order
on mine there is a line that says "boot other device" it should be enabled
also "boot up floppy seek" should be enabled
My system is set to boot HD0 then CD then Floppy and it checks the HD
first..where it finds the OS and loads,but if it does not find an OS then it
check the CD and finally checks the floppy.It is indeed a rare occurance where a
floppy does not load unless you did not create a proper boot disk.The 2nd site
lets you create a bootable CD with lots of emergency programs.
peter

 

[shannon]

Sorry I wasnt sure how to post again.
I will lok at my bios again and see if I can get it to
boot.
Thanks,
Shannon