Format Hard Drive

[melnrich]

How do I Re-Format the hard drive with XP. I want to erase
the whole hard drive?

[Nicholas]

The Windows XP CD is bootable and contains all the tools necessary
to partition and format your drive. Follow this procedure and allow
Windows XP to partition and format your drive:

1. Open your BIOS and set your CD Drive as the first bootable device.
2. Insert your Windows XP CD in the CD Drive and reboot your =
computer.
3. You'll see a message to boot to the CD....follow the instructions.
4. The setup menu will appear and you should elect to delete all the =
existing
partitions, then create a new partition, then format the primary
partition (preferably NTFS) and proceed to install Windows XP.

5. Windows XP Clean Install:=20
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp

6. Accessing Motherboard BIOS
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm


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Nicholas

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"melnrich" > wrote in message:
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| How do I Re-Format the hard drive with XP. I want to erase
| the whole hard drive?

[Ken Blake]

In , melnrich wrote:

> How do I Re-Format the hard drive with XP. I want to erase
> the whole hard drive?


Boot from the CD and follow the prompts.

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Ken Blake
Please reply to the newsgroup

[Harry Ohrn]

Info here on using the Recovery Console to Format
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm

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Harry Ohrn - MS MVP (Windows Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/
www.webtree.ca/newlife/


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