installation

[widgeonjim]

I have an upgrade license of XP-Home. It is installed
but I am not happy with the install, therefore I want to
blow away the disk, format it and start over. For some
reason, I cannot format the disk. When I go through the
CD routine, it re-installs over the previous install. It
does not allow me to reformat the disk. It does not wipe
it clean. I have the win98 full license but can't seem
to get rid of the old XP install.

What do I need to do to reformat the drive and start of
scratch?

thanks,
jim

[Jim Macklin]

http://www.aumha.org/index.php

You must be taking the wrong setup choice, you want to do an
install and not a repair. You also don't want to do a dual
boot.


"widgeonjim" > wrote in message
...
| I have an upgrade license of XP-Home. It is installed
| but I am not happy with the install, therefore I want to
| blow away the disk, format it and start over. For some
| reason, I cannot format the disk. When I go through the
| CD routine, it re-installs over the previous install. It
| does not allow me to reformat the disk. It does not wipe
| it clean. I have the win98 full license but can't seem
| to get rid of the old XP install.
|
| What do I need to do to reformat the drive and start of
| scratch?
|
| thanks,
| jim
|

[windgeonjim]

Yes, I understand. I've selected INSTALL, not repair and
not dual boot but nothing so far. I'm going to do it
again right now and will report back. If you think of
anything else, please let me know.

it's baffling me.


>-----Original Message-----
>http://www.aumha.org/index.php
>
>You must be taking the wrong setup choice, you want to
do an
>install and not a repair. You also don't want to do a
dual
>boot.
>
>
>"widgeonjim" > wrote in message
...
>| I have an upgrade license of XP-Home. It is installed
>| but I am not happy with the install, therefore I want
to
>| blow away the disk, format it and start over. For some
>| reason, I cannot format the disk. When I go through
the
>| CD routine, it re-installs over the previous install.
It
>| does not allow me to reformat the disk. It does not
wipe
>| it clean. I have the win98 full license but can't seem
>| to get rid of the old XP install.
>|
>| What do I need to do to reformat the drive and start of
>| scratch?
>|
>| thanks,
>| jim
>|
>
>
>.
>

[Sharon F]

Are you starting from within Windows? Or are you booting with the CD?

If starting within Windows, select the custom install. I know this is
available if upgrading from an older operating system. Not sure if it's
available when installing from an existing XP setup.

If starting from the CD, just keep following the Install and "setup windows"
choices. The options to choose partition, remove, create and format are the
very last steps before the actual install starts to take place. You'll be
quite a few screens deep into the process.

If I was on the same path you're on, I would use the boot from CD route.

--
Sharon F
Microsoft MVP, Windows - Shell/User


windgeonjim wrote:
> Yes, I understand. I've selected INSTALL, not repair and
> not dual boot but nothing so far. I'm going to do it
> again right now and will report back. If you think of
> anything else, please let me know.
>
> it's baffling me.
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> http://www.aumha.org/index.php
>>
>> You must be taking the wrong setup choice, you want to do an
>> install and not a repair. You also don't want to do a dual
>> boot.
>>
>>
>> "widgeonjim" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I have an upgrade license of XP-Home. It is installed
>>> but I am not happy with the install, therefore I want to
>>> blow away the disk, format it and start over. For some
>>> reason, I cannot format the disk. When I go through the
>>> CD routine, it re-installs over the previous install. It
>>> does not allow me to reformat the disk. It does not wipe
>>> it clean. I have the win98 full license but can't seem
>>> to get rid of the old XP install.
>>>
>>> What do I need to do to reformat the drive and start of
>>> scratch?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> jim
>>>
>>
>>
>> .