need to reformat my hard drive......

[Phill]

hi i think u can just boot from ur xp cd rom and do a
clean install. I can boot from my xp pro cdrom not sure
about the home one. Hope this helps
Phill

>-----Original Message-----
>I need to reformat my hard drive after some problems
with
>viruss. I am running windows XP home, but it was
>installed as an upgrade from windowsME. Do I use the
>windowsXP boot disks, and will it then ask for my
windows
>ME cd? or do I need to start from scratch with windows
ME
>boot disks and then redo the upgrade? There doesn't
seem
>to be any information on this on either the windows or
the
>dell website. Thanks for any help!
>
>Ellen
>.
>