Format with Windows XP disk

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Hi All,

I need to format my computer using a Windows XP disk. Can someone please
tell me how to do this?
I know how to do Windows 98 but these seems totally different.

Mike.
 
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Hi Michael,

Boot the system with the WinXP CD, start the installer. Agree to the license
(hit F8), then you will be presented with an option to repair the existing
installation. Instead, use the options to delete the existing system
partition. Create a new one from the free space, format and proceed with the
installation.

Please be aware that any/all data on the system drive will be lost when you
do this. Backup anything you do not wish to lose to removable media
(tape/CD/floppy).

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"Michael Dunt" <michael.dunt@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> I need to format my computer using a Windows XP disk. Can someone please
> tell me how to do this?
> I know how to do Windows 98 but these seems totally different.
>
> Mike.
>
 
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Hi

Why do you need to format? The following article - if needed - by Michael
Stevens, will show you how to 'Clean' install XP:

"Clean Install Windows XP"
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

However, you may need only to 'Repair' XP:

"How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install"
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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"Michael Dunt" <michael.dunt@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> I need to format my computer using a Windows XP disk. Can someone please
> tell me how to do this?
> I know how to do Windows 98 but these seems totally different.
>
> Mike.
>
 
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In news:ZFaAd.42$By2.18@newsfe6-win.ntli.net,
Michael Dunt <michael.dunt@ntlworld.com> typed:


> I need to format my computer using a Windows XP disk. Can
> someone
> please tell me how to do this?
> I know how to do Windows 98 but these seems totally different.


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

However why do you want to reformat and reinstall? In my view,
it's almost always a mistake. With a modicum of care, it should
never be necessary to reinstall Windows (XP or any other
version). I've run Windows 3.0, 3.1, WFWG 3.11, Windows 95,
Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows XP, each for the period of
time before the next version came out, and each on two machines
here. I never reinstalled any of them, and I have never had
anything more than an occasional minor problem.

It's my belief that this mistaken notion stems from the technical
support people at many of the larger OEMs. Their solution to
almost any problem they don't quickly know the answer to is
"reformat and reinstall." That's the perfect solution for them.
It gets you off the phone quickly, it almost always works, and it
doesn't require them to do any real troubleshooting (a skill that
most of them obviously don't possess in any great degree).

But it leaves you with all the work and all the problems. You
have to restore all your data backups, you have to reinstall all
your programs, you have to reinstall all the Windows and
application updates,you have to locate and install all the needed
drivers for your system, you have to recustomize Windows and all
your apps to work the way you're comfortable with.

Besides all those things being time-consuming and troublesome,
you may have trouble with some of them: can you find all your
application CDs? Can you find all the needed installation codes?
Do you have data backups to restore? Do you even remember all the
customizations and tweaks you may have installed to make
everything work the way you like?

Occasionally there are problems that are so difficult to solve
that Windows should be reinstalled cleanly. But they are few and
far between; reinstallation should not be a substitute for
troubleshooting; it should be a last resort, to be done only
after all other attempts at troubleshooting by a qualified person
have failed.

If you have problems, post them here; it's likely that someone
can help you and a reinstallation won't be required.


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Michael Dunt wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I need to format my computer using a Windows XP disk. Can someone please
> tell me how to do this?
> I know how to do Windows 98 but these seems totally different.
>
> Mike.
>
>


Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot
devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


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