Format My Drive

[Michael]

How do I format my drive which has XP Pro on it, back so that I can re-install win98? The XP CD lets me format the drive, but then goes right to installing a fresh copy of XP

[JAX]

You need not repost every 15 minutes. Go back and look at the replies to
your other posts.

JAX

"Michael" > wrote in message
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> How do I format my drive which has XP Pro on it, back so that I can
re-install win98? The XP CD lets me format the drive, but then goes right
to installing a fresh copy of XP

[Harry Ohrn]

Lets see if I can answer your question without being a smart ass ;-)

1) Boot with the XP CD and select the option to Repair with the Recovery
Console - if you read the License Agreement you've gone too far.
2) The Recovery Console will give you a list of commands you can use one
being the FORMAT command
3) At the command prompt type and then press the Enter Key for the format
type you want. Substitute "C" for your partition letter if it is different.

for NTFS use the following
FORMAT C: /FS:NTFS

for FAT use the following
FORMAT C: /FS:FAT32

when the format is finished remove the XP CD and type EXIT to reboot your
system.
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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

"Michael" > wrote in message
...
> How do I format my drive which has XP Pro on it, back so that I can
> re-install win98? The XP CD lets me format the drive, but then goes right
> to installing a fresh copy of XP