reformat and clean install

[pete]

i wd like to reformat my hard drive and then install xp.
i boot from cd and get 3 choices :
1. to set up sp now press enter
2. to repair awindows xp installationusing rcovery console
press R
3. to quit setup without installing xp press F3
Where do I go from here?


also is ntfs backwards compatible with old systems?

 

[Jerry]

Try reading the manual.

 

[David Hollway [MVP]]

i wd like to reformat my hard drive and then install xp.
i boot from cd and get 3 choices :
1. to set up sp now press enter
2. to repair awindows xp installationusing rcovery console
press R
3. to quit setup without installing xp press F3
Where do I go from here?
Also is ntfs backwards compatible with old systems?

Hi,

Select option 1 ("To set up XP now press Enter") - you will then be given
the option to delete / recreate / reformat partitions on your hard disk(s).

The NTFS filesystem as used by XP cannot be read by older versions of
Windows - 95/98/ME.
However, it IS more efficient and fault-tolerant than the older FAT/FAT32
filesystems. Remember that applications (with a few very specialised
exceptions, such as disk repair tools) don't care what filesystem they're
using, so all your apps/games etc should run just fine on NTFS.
Also, drives accessed over a network are independent of their filesystem -
so, for example, if you share an NTFS drive/folder off your XP machine, a
95/98/ME machine will be able to access it.

Hope this helps.

 

[Guest]

read all i have.
no answers.
thanks for your advice.

 

[Guest]

never got that option, is now reinstalling xp.
i had originally tried and had xp on, is this the problem?

 

[Michael Stevens]

i wd like to reformat my hard drive and then install xp.
i boot from cd and get 3 choices :
1. to set up sp now press enter
2. to repair awindows xp installationusing rcovery console
press R
3. to quit setup without installing xp press F3
Where do I go from here?


also is ntfs backwards compatible with old systems?

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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[Alex Nichol]

i wd like to reformat my hard drive and then install xp.
i boot from cd and get 3 choices :
1. to set up sp now press enter
2. to repair awindows xp installationusing rcovery console
press R
3. to quit setup without installing xp press F3
Where do I go from here?

Enter Setup (first option) , 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