reformating hard drive

[GR]

Hi, Im planning to reformat my hard drive for a cleanup and would like to
know the best procedure to do this, eg. startup disk required, is fdisk
needed etc thanks ppl G

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

No start-up disk is needed.
Disconnect all peripherals (camera, printer, scanner, etc)
Go to BIOS and set CDROM as boot device before hard drive.
Insert Windows XP CD and reboot.
At "Press any key to boot to CDROM" quickly press a key and follow the
prompts for a Clean installation:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp
Delete all partitions in step 5 if you desire to erase all data on the
hard drive.
Partitioning and formatting will be done automatically.
All data will be destroyed, back-up important data first.

If your computer was shipped with Windows XP, these procedures may or
may not apply.
Check your manual or contact the computer manufacturer for more
details.

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> Hi, Im planning to reformat my hard drive for a cleanup and would
like to
> know the best procedure to do this, eg. startup disk required, is
fdisk
> needed etc thanks ppl G
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[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Nope, just boot the WinXP CD, choose a new installation. You can format =
the drive as part of this procedure. What makes you want to do this?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the
order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

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


Bruce Chambers

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"GR" > wrote in message
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> Hi, Im planning to reformat my hard drive for a cleanup and would
like to
> know the best procedure to do this, eg. startup disk required, is
fdisk
> needed etc thanks ppl G
>
>