how to reinstall/reformat?

[Guest]

I have a Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop and I'm trying to reinstall/reformat as
well as simultaneously upgrade from windows 2000 to XP.

Also, I want to reset and clear my entire hard drive.

any suggestions for the easiest/most straight forward?

thanks...

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Windows XP Clean Installation - Partitioning and Formatting using Windows XP CD
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/xpclean.htm

XP Clean Install: from Michael Stevens:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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I have a Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop and I'm trying to reinstall/reformat as
well as simultaneously upgrade from windows 2000 to XP.

Also, I want to reset and clear my entire hard drive.

any suggestions for the easiest/most straight forward?

thanks...

 

[Jerry]

You cannot upgrade while reformating. You can upgrade or reformat then
install clean.