reformating the hardrive

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i wanted a fresh start for my computer i did the fdisk thing i got lost long story short 3 months latter when i start my computer it says i have no operating system and i dont know where to start from now
i've been told to put in the disk for my hard drive but it just goes blank
help if you can thanks

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Johnny;
Follow this link for a Clean installation:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/cleanxp.htm

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i wanted a fresh start for my computer i did the fdisk thing i got

lost long story short 3 months latter when i start my computer it says
i have no operating system and i dont know where to start from now

 

[Jerry]

The XP CD is bootable.

Go into the BIOS and change things so you can boot from the CD drive.

Boot with the XP CD in the drive and follow the prompts.

i wanted a fresh start for my computer i did the fdisk thing i got lost

long story short 3 months latter when i start my computer it says i have no
operating system and i dont know where to start from now

 

[Michael Stevens]

i wanted a fresh start for my computer i did the fdisk thing i got
lost long story short 3 months latter when i start my computer it
says i have no operating system and i dont know where to start from
now i've been told to put in the disk for my hard drive but it just
goes blank
help if you can thanks

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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