Format C:\

Teresa wrote:

Please can someone tell me in simple English how to
format a c: drive which has Windows XP loaded on it. I
know with other versions of Windows it was easy to do
when you got to a dos screen

You do it as part of a reinstall of the system after booting the XP CD
direct. Enter Setup, and after the license agreement take New Install.
When it asks you to confirm where, hit ESC; select and delete the
current partition and make a new RAW one to be formatted at the next
stage

The important point is the delete. Without that it will just go ahead
and make a new install over the top of the old one


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Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)