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Generally speaking, yes. You must check the size of the hard drive to see if Windows XP will fit, and note that XP will probably run poorly on a system with less than 256 MB of RAM anyway.
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Can you reformat your hard drive without logging on to windows?
yes
How do you install windows 2000 if you are using millennium?
There is no upgrade path from Windows ME to Windows 2000. You would have to reformat the hard drive to remove ME before you install Windows 2000 from scratch.
Where can one learn how to reformat a hard drive?
One can learn how to reformat a hard drive by visiting the step by step instructions on either the Windows or Apple computer site (depending on the hard drive maker).
How do you safely reformat hard drive that currently has Windows Vista and Windows XP?
You cannot reformat a hard drive and keep operating system(s) untouched. The point of formatting is to erase all data. There is only one exception, you can reformat some partitions on your hard drive if you have any. If you want to keep your current operating system those partitions must not be system.
How do you reformat computer using external hard drive?
http://www.pcworld.com/article/165159/install_windows_7_from_an_external_hard_drive.html
When you need to reformat windows xp but your computer did not come with one How do you do this with out any sort of recovery disc?
u simply cant reformat your hard drive while running windows on that drive, what i mean is u cant reformat the hard drive if it is that verry drive that u are running at the momnet insted u need a copy of windows, put the disc in the CD drive and restart your computer. press f2 i think when it boot's to access the boot menu, boot from CD. u can delete the current partition and create a new one, also u can reformat the drive with your file system of choice, most likely ntfs. hope this helps
How do you reformat presario sr1520nx hard drive?
formats are not drive specific so it depends on the software with windows open a command prompt and use the format command
If you reinstall windows does it erase your hard drive?
Reinstalling Windows will not erase the hard drive unless you tell it to reformat the hard drive before reinstalling the operating system. You will have to reinstall all your programs that were installed prior to reinstall but all your saved files will still be there.
How do you get rid of a virus when Windows xp will not start?
Reinstall Windows XP from your CD or DVD set and reformat your hard drive. This will erase everything including the virus. Also, get a Mac.
When you connect an external hard drive to your computer will info already on the hard drive be erased?
Not unless you reformat the drive, although if the drive is a different format like a mac and you have a PC you might have to reformat the drive just to use it
What if your hard drive has 2 Window XP installed how do you remove one if both are in c drive?
you cant just remove one...you would have to reformat the whole hard drive, wipe it clean and then reinstall a fresh copy of windows...
What is a sentence using the word virus?
A virus cannot be treated with antibiotics. My computer had a virus, so I had to reformat the hard-drive.
