clean install

[jp]

I am trying to "clean" my hard drive inorder to clean
reinstal windowsxp professional. When I go into dos, i can
not format my hard drive. In win98 go to dos type in
format C: and it formats. Is there a trick to doing this
from xp professional?

[Crusty \(-: Old Bastard :-\)]

Format "during" the install, after you boot up from the Windows XP CD.

"jp" > wrote in message
...
> I am trying to "clean" my hard drive inorder to clean
> reinstal windowsxp professional. When I go into dos, i can
> not format my hard drive. In win98 go to dos type in
> format C: and it formats. Is there a trick to doing this
> from xp professional?
>

[Michael Stevens]

jp wrote:
> I am trying to "clean" my hard drive inorder to clean
> reinstal windowsxp professional. When I go into dos, i can
> not format my hard drive. In win98 go to dos type in
> format C: and it formats. Is there a trick to doing this
> from xp professional?

Follow the link below for steps to clean install XP. You don't need to
"clean" your hard drive prior to clean installing XP.
Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the web browser
address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
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[Bruce]

Check out the link below for excellent instructions on how to do a clean
install including where the format process takes place.

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp

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Bruce
"jp" > wrote in message
...
> I am trying to "clean" my hard drive inorder to clean
> reinstal windowsxp professional. When I go into dos, i can
> not format my hard drive. In win98 go to dos type in
> format C: and it formats. Is there a trick to doing this
> from xp professional?
>

[Alex Nichol]

jp wrote:

>I am trying to "clean" my hard drive inorder to clean
>reinstal windowsxp professional. When I go into dos, i can
>not format my hard drive.

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

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Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows - File Systems)
Bournemouth, U.K.