formatting the HD...

I have installed a vista beta version on my computer that i was running xp
home with.., now i want to get rid of that beta version and start out with a
fresh copy of windows xp, how would i go about this???
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jimmy the painter

jjohns wrote:

I have installed a vista beta version on my computer that i was
running xp home with.., now i want to get rid of that beta version
and start out with a fresh copy of windows xp, how would i go about
this???


Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if necessary to
accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean installation (delete the
existing partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions he
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Try a Clean install of XP:
From Michael Steven's: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Also: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm
and: http://www.theeldergeek.com/clean_in...windows_xp.htm

JS

"jjohns" wrote in message
...
I have installed a vista beta version on my computer that i was running xp
home with.., now i want to get rid of that beta version and start out with
a
fresh copy of windows xp, how would i go about this???
--
jimmy the painter