Help please, need to format c: under win xp

[jamerdean]

I am reinstalling all the stuff in my comp.

I am currently using xp pro.

I want to reformat my c drive and reinstall

please tell me how to do this under xp

i tried to right click and then format - no good

i also tried to reinstall xp via cd and it didn't give an option to format.

any help is appreciated. thanks

jam

 

[CTho9305]

From the install CD when it asks wher eyou want to install you should be able to edit partitions & format them.

 

[jamerdean]

i tried to format the c drive, but it stated that the c drive had temp files on it for the xp setup and would not format the drive.

any other suggestions?

 

[tomyhill598]

Use the XP boot disks, and then you can format from there.

 

[Wolfsraider]

unzip this to a floppy then you can remove/create partitions format etc...make sure you can boot off your xp cd first
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this is a win 98 boot disk and will work to format,partition your drive

type"fdisk"
after the A: prompt to change partitions (if necessary)

type "format c:/s" to format the os

 

[oog]

if it said it had temp files for the xp setup, that means that you probably tried running the install while you were in windows. if you boot the computer with the cd instead, you won't have trouble deleting the existing partitions.

 

[htne]

Originally posted by: oog
if it said it had temp files for the xp setup, that means that you probably tried running the install while you were in windows. if you boot the computer with the cd instead, you won't have trouble deleting the existing partitions.

What he said....

I do this several times a week, it works just fine....

 

[Montano]

Just boot with a win98/me boot floppy, that's the easiest way.

 

[Crusty]

How can that be the easiest way? If you use the CD it is just a step of the install. Using the floppy you have to boot up with the floppy, takes a few minutes, run fdisk, reboot, put in WinXP CD, boot, install. Instead of just boot cd, install.

 

[Abzstrak]

no, booting off of a win98 floppy is a stupid way and doesn't allow for NTFS, which is a far superior FS. just boot off the CD and follow the directions.