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How do I format my C: drive in win xp? (NT)

Go to AdministrativeTools->ComputerManagement->DiskManagement. You can format your drives there. Or do you intend to do a fresh install ofXP?

p.s. spacebarnot workingproperly. sorry🙁
 


<< I am trying to clean off win xp, and put on win me (long story) >>


NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Sorry, instinct. 😀

FFMCobalt hasit...
 
right now im in dos, and I type format C:, andi t odenst work.

Any other way?
The biggest problem with win xp is the fact I cant play games.
 
Are you trying to format over XP? Here's the steps:
boot off of the XP CD
Select install XP
when you are asked which partition to install XP on, you'll see an option to format the selected partition
do it
and you'll be on your way 🙂

BTW - wrong forum 🙂

I guess, after you format the partition from the XP boot CD - you could just exit out of the installation and have a clean drive 🙂
 


<< I am trying to clean off win xp, and put on win me (long story) >>

Yeah, with XP's boot record, you won't be able to install "previous" versions of windows without fdisking the master boot record first. XP apparently recognizes every other Windows version as a "previous version" and won't let you install.

Go with my original list. 😎

nik
 
hmm, I just used fdisk, and I deleted the c: drive and I forgo tto remake the partition, and then my d: drive went to my c: Drive, and went I type fdisk, it just freezes up, how do Iget back in? 🙁
 


<< hmm, I just used fdisk, and I deleted the c: drive and I forgo tto remake the partition, and then my d: drive went to my c: Drive, and went I type fdisk, it just freezes up, how do Iget back in? 🙁 >>


What do you mean d: went to c: ? did you try booting again with your DOS startup diskette? Is your c: listed in CMOS setup?
 
Okay, I got me all setup. But noiw whenever I startup, it starts detecting new hardware then Cmdninst has an error, so I have to close it, as ignore doesnt function. and thne my comp just sits there
 


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<< I am trying to clean off win xp, and put on win me (long story) >>

Yeah, with XP's boot record, you won't be able to install "previous" versions of windows without fdisking the master boot record first. XP apparently recognizes every other Windows version as a "previous version" and won't let you install. >>



Well... not really.

The issue isn't the boot record, it's the partition table. (Which, to be fair, is part of the master boot record.) In the partition table is a filesystem indicator. If the filesystem is NTFS, Win9x can't use those partitions, so those OSes simply ignore those partitions to prevent you from accidentally deleting your data on those partitions. You need to FDISK and delete non-DOS partitions to get around it.
 
I'd like to know how this is in the wrong forum, considreing this is a process that is different from the previous Win OS'es.
 
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