I am lost!! HELP!

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I need to reformat the c: drive on my computer. A friend once showed me how
to do this, and I have long since forgot. I know there is something I need
to do while the computer is booting up before Windows starts up, but I can't
remember for the life of me. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!!
 
aerogarfield29 said:
I need to reformat the c: drive on my computer. A friend once showed me
how
to do this, and I have long since forgot. I know there is something I
need
to do while the computer is booting up before Windows starts up, but I
can't
remember for the life of me. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!!
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Take it to a repair place to get this done. There is far far far more to
this subject than merely getting the computer to boot from the CD.

Jim
 
I need to reformat the c: drive on my computer. A friend once showed me how
to do this, and I have long since forgot. I know there is something I need
to do while the computer is booting up before Windows starts up, but I can't
remember for the life of me. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!!
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Where do you get this idea from. The bits you can remember - forget them. It is
very rare that you have to format a drive unless you have been meddeling with
the contents and not made a note of what you have done.

Get your friend to do it for you or your computer will probably not work again
for months :-)


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I need to reformat the c: drive on my computer. A friend once showed me how
to do this, and I have long since forgot. I know there is something I need
to do while the computer is booting up before Windows starts up, but I can't
remember for the life of me. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!!
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I assume you mean reformat and reinstall Windows. How do you know you
need to do this? It is *very* seldom true that this is required.

Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if
necessary to accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean
installation (delete the existing partition by pressing "D" when
prompted, then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_install_windows_xp.htm

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm
 
aerogarfield29 said:
I need to reformat the c: drive on my computer. A friend once showed me
how
to do this, and I have long since forgot. I know there is something I
need
to do while the computer is booting up before Windows starts up, but I
can't
remember for the life of me. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!!
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Why do you think you need to format the C drive?

Is all data from that drive backed up? All of it will be lost if you
proceed with formatting.

HTH
-pk
 
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