Reformat Hard Drive Under XP Home

[RlngStne]

How do I reformat drive C: under XP Home so I can re-
install all of the original software and start with a
clean system. I have a laptop with a CD drive but no
floppy drive. Thank you.

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

How do I reformat drive C: under XP Home so I can re-
install all of the original software and start with a
clean system. I have a laptop with a CD drive but no
floppy drive. Thank you.

Just boot from the Windows XP CD ROM.
You may need to set this in the laptop BIOS - see your laptop manual for
more details.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Simply boot from the WinXP Installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot
devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


Bruce Chambers
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