Re-installing XP?

[Kenny]

Planning on a clean format and re-install of XP. Should I delete and
re-create the "C" partition before formatting it. I seem to remember just
formatting before and having 2 XP's in the boot menu afterwards.

 

[Anson]

You can format faster if you don't remove and re-create
the c: drive. the problem with duplicate listings can be
taken care of by editing the boot.ini.
check out
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;q289022
for more info on how to do that.

 

[Michael Stevens]

Planning on a clean format and re-install of XP. Should I delete and
re-create the "C" partition before formatting it. I seem to remember
just formatting before and having 2 XP's in the boot menu afterwards.

You boot from the CD and do a clean install.
Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address bar.
How to clean install XP.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
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[Ken Blake, MVP]

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Planning on a clean format and re-install of XP. Should I delete and
re-create the "C" partition before formatting it. I seem to remember
just formatting before and having 2 XP's in the boot menu

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[Alex Nichol]

Planning on a clean format and re-install of XP. Should I delete and
re-create the "C" partition before formatting it

You do it as part of a reinstall of the system after booting the XP CD
direct. Enter Setup, and after the license agreement take New Install.
When it asks you to confirm where, hit ESC; select and delete the
current partition and make a new RAW one to be formatted at the next
stage

The important point is the delete. Without that it will just go ahead
and make a new install over the top of the old one