Hard Drive Format

[elvis only 14]

>-----Original Message-----
>Sorry if this is in the wrong section or something I just
>didnt know where it should go! Anyways I want to format
>my hard drive i'm using windows xp home how do I go about
>doing this(never done anything like this before) could
>someone please give me a simple step by guide to doing it
>cheers!
>.
> first you will need to make a starup disk you do
that by going to you floppy drive's properties and click
on format then in format it will say in the bottom msdos
disk click on that then start.

but if that doesnt help like it probably wont becuase
xp sucks and doesnt have a real startup disk go to
bootdisk.com and get either the winme startup disk or 98
better winme. then put it in a disk restart your compuetr
with the disk in side and when a black screen appears
click on startcomputer with cdrom support then once you do
that type in a: format c: or even better type in c
format c:/ then that should do it and if you can read
follow the instructions after that then to resetup your os
just go back into the black screen and time in you cdrom
drive which is probably e and then setup.exe

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

"first you will need to make a starup disk"
Why?
Since the Windows XP CD is bootable and will partition and format the
hard drive, you are adding unnecessary steps.

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"elvis only 14" > wrote in message
...
> > first you will need to make a starup disk you do
> that by going to you floppy drive's properties and click
> on format then in format it will say in the bottom msdos
> disk click on that then start.
>
> but if that doesnt help like it probably wont becuase
> xp sucks and doesnt have a real startup disk go to
> bootdisk.com and get either the winme startup disk or 98
> better winme. then put it in a disk restart your compuetr
> with the disk in side and when a black screen appears
> click on startcomputer with cdrom support then once you do
> that type in a: format c: or even better type in c
> format c:/ then that should do it and if you can read
> follow the instructions after that then to resetup your os
> just go back into the black screen and time in you cdrom
> drive which is probably e and then setup.exe