Ok, so I finally decided to backup my data, reformat and start over. I have done this before, with this computer and this windows disc. Everything was going fine until I ran into a huge problem, which i cant figure out.
I booted off of my windows disc, and went ahead and deleted the my C drives partition. Then went to format and install. But, after I deleted the partition, and hit "enter" to install XP on that partition, which usually takes you to the format screen, asking you if you want fat32 quick or normal, etc. But, this time, for some reason instead of going to that screen, it takes me to a screen saying that that particular partition is not compatible with Windows XP, and that I need to go back to the other screen and delete the partition, and create a new one, formatted with a windows compatible format. So basically I am stuck with a blank drive and no way to install windows on it. I cannot figure out why my windows cd has decided to leave out the format option. PLease help!! Thank you!
I booted off of my windows disc, and went ahead and deleted the my C drives partition. Then went to format and install. But, after I deleted the partition, and hit "enter" to install XP on that partition, which usually takes you to the format screen, asking you if you want fat32 quick or normal, etc. But, this time, for some reason instead of going to that screen, it takes me to a screen saying that that particular partition is not compatible with Windows XP, and that I need to go back to the other screen and delete the partition, and create a new one, formatted with a windows compatible format. So basically I am stuck with a blank drive and no way to install windows on it. I cannot figure out why my windows cd has decided to leave out the format option. PLease help!! Thank you!