uninstalling XP

[Guest]

Yes I know this has been posted before but I must have missed it.
I need to remove XP Home from my old computer. I try the "format C: but keep
getting the msg that a diff processer is running and I must shut that down
first. I can't find or know what that means.
Can any one help me do this right.
Thank you.
Ron Murrl

 

[Dave Patrick]

To wipe the drive, some ways include; boot a win98 startup disk, run fdisk
and delete all partition information found (as long as NTFS is primary). Or
boot the Windows XP CD-Rom and when you get to the point, delete the
existing NTFS and or other partitions found, then abort the install. Or use
a utility named delpart. Once removed you can partition and format the drive
as you wish. Boot the Win98 CD-Rom or restore CD-Rom to start your install.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt31/i386/reskit.exe