Reformat & Reinstall XP Home

[Fred 2002]

I am planning to sell one of my laptops and want to purge info and data by reformatting the HD before I do. Do I need to boot from a CD or floppy to do this? What software would be best? Don't know if FDISK works any more. After format I have the WIN XP Home CD to reinstall XP. Thanks in advance!

Fred 2002

 

[Phil]

If you want to format and reinstall xp then just boot to the xp cd and follow the on-screen instructions to format and install.
If you don't want to put xp back on then use fdisk and delete the partition and create a new one and format it. Then install os of chioce or leave blank.

 

[Fred 2002]

Thanks!
If you want to format and reinstall xp then just boot to the xp cd and follow the on-screen instructions to format and install.
If you don't want to put xp back on then use fdisk and delete the partition and create a new one and format it. Then install os of chioce or leave blank.

 

[Phil]

You're welcome.

Thanks!


If you want to format and reinstall xp then just boot to the xp cd
and follow the on-screen instructions to format and install.
If you don't want to put xp back on then use fdisk and delete the
partition and create a new one and format it. Then install os of
chioce or leave blank.

 

[Alex Nichol]

If you want to format and reinstall xp then just boot to the xp cd and follow the on-screen instructions to format and install.

which are liable to lead into trouble without a little more guidance:
after booting the XP CD direct, enter Setup Windows, 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