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formatting windows xp.....??? by TheMusicPirate on 04-14-2005 at 02:51 PM
i need a quick answer, how do i format my computer that has windows xp?
RE: formatting windows xp.....??? by Chris.1 on 04-14-2005 at 02:56 PM
Do you want to reinstall Windows XP or completely blank the hard drive?
RE: RE: formatting windows xp.....??? by TheMusicPirate on 04-14-2005 at 02:59 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Chris.
Do you want to reinstall Windows XP or completely blank the hard drive?
i want to format my computer and reinstall xp
RE: formatting windows xp.....??? by Chris.1 on 04-14-2005 at 03:01 PM
Just put the Windows XP Setup disk in, and when it asks for the location to install to simply chose the existing partition and tell it to (Quick) format it first.
RE: formatting windows xp.....??? by Savior on 04-14-2005 at 03:03 PM
Yeah and partion the HD and format it with NTFS
RE: RE: formatting windows xp.....??? by TheMusicPirate on 04-14-2005 at 03:03 PM
quote:ok, thank you so much.
Originally posted by Chris.
Just put the Windows XP Setup disk in, and when it asks for the location to install to simply chose the existing partition and tell it to (Quick) format it first.
RE: formatting windows xp.....??? by MeEtc on 04-14-2005 at 03:05 PM
Make boot disks. Follow the instructions from Microsoft
You will have to run format.com or format.exe (whichever it is from DOS [ack!]) to erase everything. I highly recommend backing everything up to CD first. You might want to get a tech savvy friend to come help you out if you don't know what you're doing.
RE: formatting windows xp.....??? by Chris.1 on 04-14-2005 at 03:06 PM
MeEtc - he doesn't need to do that. The Windows XP Setup will do it for him.
RE: formatting windows xp.....??? by Savior on 04-14-2005 at 03:17 PM
The entire setup shouldn't take more then an hour from start to finish in my experience anyway. Good luck