Preparing to dump my hard drive and reinstall WXP Pro - need help

[Guest]

I want to clear my home hard drive and reinstall Windows XP. I have copied
all personal files and located the reinstallation disk for XP and disks for
other system items. My question is, how do I format the drive before doing
the reinstall?

In the old Dos days you just put in your system disk and worked from there.
I could find nothing on the reinstallation disk giving this option.

I am nervous about doing the reinstall without wiping the drive first
because the reason is a probably trojan in the system.

I will appreciate any comments on this.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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I want to clear my home hard drive and reinstall Windows XP. I have copied
| all personal files and located the reinstallation disk for XP and disks for
| other system items. My question is, how do I format the drive before doing
| the reinstall?
|
| In the old Dos days you just put in your system disk and worked from there.
| I could find nothing on the reinstallation disk giving this option.
|
| I am nervous about doing the reinstall without wiping the drive first
| because the reason is a probably trojan in the system.
|
| I will appreciate any comments on this.

 

[Guest]

If you have a bootable XP disk, you can choose the option of deleting the
partition, creating a new one, and then formatting it. It's a lot better than
it used to be!

 

[Ron Sommer]

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/format_XP.htm

 

[Guest]

I have a Dell Reinstallation disk. Will that work?

 

[Bob I]

Is it the one that came with the PC?

I have a Dell Reinstallation disk. Will that work?

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[Guest]

Yes.

Is it the one that came with the PC?

 

[Bob I]

Then yes you can use it. Boot with it.

Yes.

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[Guest]

Great! Thanks a bunch!

Then yes you can use it. Boot with it.