Reinstalling XP with option of removing and creating partitions

[Antony Hoggan]

I currently have two partitions on my harddisc. What i
would like to do is completely reinstall xp and remove
the two partitions and create a single partition on the
drive. I have tried to create xp reboot discs by
downloading the programs from the windows site but none
of them will work! Any help would be much appreciated!

 

[Alex Nichol]

I currently have two partitions on my harddisc. What i
would like to do is completely reinstall xp and remove
the two partitions and create a single partition on the
drive. I have tried to create xp reboot discs by
downloading the programs from the windows site but none
of them will work! Any help would be much appreciated!

I would very much advise that you don't - instead organise the
partitions, especially by moving My Documents to the second one, by
having My Computer windows open on that and on
C:\Documents and settings\yourname\ to show it, then *right* drag it
over and take *Move* here. Similarly the other 'My whatever' folders.

This means that you can do emergency rebuilds on your system without
risk to your data and can have separate sensible policies for backup.

But if you must, 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

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