xp overlaid help

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Mark

Hi,

I think that I have 2 installs of xp or a corrupt install
I have been told to reformat my hard drive
However when I log on as administrator the format
option isn't available in the disk management tool.

Mark
 
Hi Maek,

Hi,

I think that I have 2 installs of xp or a corrupt install
I have been told to reformat my hard drive
However when I log on as administrator the format
option isn't available in the disk management tool.

Mark
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You have to boot from the XP CD, it has all the tools for formatting.

Here is a site with detailed instructions for a clean install of XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

Good luck
 
Mark said:
Hi,

I think that I have 2 installs of xp or a corrupt install
I have been told to reformat my hard drive
However when I log on as administrator the format
option isn't available in the disk management tool.

Mark
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You cannot format a drive that is being used. Tell us more about the dual
boot problem. You may not need to format.

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Simple solution,boot to xp cd,recovery,press enter key for password,at cm
screen type:DiskPart All volumes will be displayed,highlite a volume,select delete
Delete extra copy of xp if it exist,youll know because to enter recovery it'll ask yo
which one to use.When thru,type:EXIT
 
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