Reformatting

[Mabel]

I am trying to reformat my Hard Drive. I have WinXp, so
I downloaded a setup boot disk on 6 floppies, and all
that does is reboot windows. At one point I got the A:\
prompt, but it wouldn't take the command "Format:
C"....so I'm at a loss. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Norm]

Go into your Bios and change it to boot from the XP CD. You can then follow
the prompts to format.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I am trying to reformat my Hard Drive. I have WinXp, so
I downloaded a setup boot disk on 6 floppies, and all
that does is reboot windows.

You do it as part of a reinstall of the system after booting the XP CD
direct. Enter Setup, 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