reformat c: drive

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"Jonathan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:702c01c52907$b8667740$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Our PC is sooo far gone with viruses... etc, that we want
> to wipe out the C: Drive and start over. But the XP Home
> Edition disk will not run because it says that we have a
> newer version on the computer already. If we put the
> disk in the computer and "restart" it does not recognize
> the disk until after it boots. We went to DOS and tried
> to format the C: Drive (to kill it and then start from
> the disk) but it would not let us format the C: Drive
> because it said there was a process using the file.
>
> We want to wipe out our computer but we need help.
> Any suggestions?


How to install or upgrade to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;316941

Look at the section "Perform a clean install of Windows XP"

You also could have made a slipstream CD so you can repair XP after SP2 is
installed or install XP with SP2 integrated.
http://www.helpwithwindows.com/Win [...] ootcd.html

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William