Reformat Hard Drive

[mackal59]

I have Windows Professional 2000 and I want to uninstall
Windows Professional 2000 by reformatting my hard drive
and then install Windows XP Professional. I have made
startup disks for both operating systems mentioned but am
getting messages that I can't reformat because of the NTFS
that Windows Pro 2000 works on being that XP Pro works on
a 32FAT.

 

[Jerold Schulman]

I have Windows Professional 2000 and I want to uninstall
Windows Professional 2000 by reformatting my hard drive
and then install Windows XP Professional. I have made
startup disks for both operating systems mentioned but am
getting messages that I can't reformat because of the NTFS
that Windows Pro 2000 works on being that XP Pro works on
a 32FAT.

Both operating systems work with NTFS.

You could boot the Windows XP CD and install.
When prompted, have it reformat the partition.

Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Guest]

Hey! I am reformatting (actually already have) my c drive. Afterwards it won't recognize my cd rom drive. I am booting using a win98 boot disk and choosing for it to boot with CD rom capability. I have my windows setup disc in the cdrom drive. when I type in setup, it says CDR-101: not ready reading drive D. I have tried other letters but get the same thing. What do i have to do to get Windows 2000 to install again?? I have run fdisk but didn't actually do anything in it but look at the different areas on partitions.

 

[pen]

Boot the win2k cd. If that doesn't work then the
drive is kaput.

Hey! I am reformatting (actually already have) my c drive. Afterwards it

won't recognize my cd rom drive. I am booting using a win98 boot disk and
choosing for it to boot with CD rom capability. I have my windows setup
disc in the cdrom drive. when I type in setup, it says CDR-101: not ready
reading drive D. I have tried other letters but get the same thing. What
do i have to do to get Windows 2000 to install again?? I have run fdisk but
didn't actually do anything in it but look at the different areas on
partitions.

 

[Guest]

the cdrom I have is an OEM version that came with the computer. Do I need to create a primary dos partition? I was trying to copy my cabs over into the c drive but it says I don't have enough room. I have a 27 gb hard drive.

 

[pen]

Yes, use the CD to create the primary partition, and any logical ones and
format them.

the cdrom I have is an OEM version that came with the computer. Do I need

to create a primary dos partition? I was trying to copy my cabs over into
the c drive but it says I don't have enough room. I have a 27 gb hard
drive.