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Need to wipe drive
Posted by j on August 13th, 2004


I need to wipe the hard drive however Windows XP will only
allow me access through DOS to A: not C:/.

Options?

Posted by Jupiter Jones [MVP] on August 13th, 2004


Correct.
You can not format the drive Windows reside from within Windows .
That would be like something eating itself entirely...it can't happen.

Follow this for a Clean Installation:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/cleanxp.htm

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