i have a laptop and it wont let me format the hard drive......any suggestions?

"junior computer guy" <junior computer guy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
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Formatting is available when you reboot from your WinXP
CD and start the installation process.

You can also use Disk Management.
Right click Computer -- Manage -- Disk Management
This works if you want to format another partition or a second hard drive.
You can also use third party software like Partition Magic to do the dirty
work for you.
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoff...formance/pm80/

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Format XP
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junior computer guy wrote:


Are you trying to format the WIndows drive from within Windows?

You can't format the Windows drive from within Windows, since that would
leave Windows without a leg to stand on.

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 here:
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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