How do I reformat HD with Wind XP Pro installed?

[Mr T]

It may sound like a dumb question, but I want to reformat
my HD and I don't know how. Basically, I want a fresh
start and wipe the entire HD clean. I currently have
Windows XP Pro installed and can't figure out how to do
this. I tried to "reinstall" XP Pro, but all this did
for was to install XP on top of what I already had on the
hardrive. This caused me to lose even more space.
Ugghhhh!!! Can anyone help?

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Boot with the XP CD in the drive. When you see the message on the boot
screen to "Press any key in order to boot from the CD," do so.

After loading drivers and files, you should be taken to a screen with
the following:

To Setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
To Repair a Windows XP Installation using Recovery Console press R.
To Quit setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

In your case, press ENTER.

Agree to the License agreement by pressing F8.

You will then be taken to a screen with two options.

To repair the selected Windows XP installation press R.
To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing,
press ESC.

This will bring you to a partition map where you
can delete, create and format partitions.
Select the drive you wish to format, delete the partition, then create a new
partition, format as desired and continue with XP installation.


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Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
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"Mr T" > wrote in message
...
> It may sound like a dumb question, but I want to reformat
> my HD and I don't know how. Basically, I want a fresh
> start and wipe the entire HD clean. I currently have
> Windows XP Pro installed and can't figure out how to do
> this. I tried to "reinstall" XP Pro, but all this did
> for was to install XP on top of what I already had on the
> hardrive. This caused me to lose even more space.
> Ugghhhh!!! Can anyone help?
>
>

[Michael Stevens]

"Mr T" > wrote in message
...
> It may sound like a dumb question, but I want to reformat
> my HD and I don't know how. Basically, I want a fresh
> start and wipe the entire HD clean. I currently have
> Windows XP Pro installed and can't figure out how to do
> this. I tried to "reinstall" XP Pro, but all this did
> for was to install XP on top of what I already had on the
> hardrive. This caused me to lose even more space.
> Ugghhhh!!! Can anyone help?
>
>

You boot from the CD and do a clean install.
Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address bar.
How to clean install XP.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
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Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP

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