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If you get a program like Partition Magic (I don't remember where you get it at the moment), you can repartition your hard drive. I've never used it first-hand, so I'm not absolutely sure if it reformats, but it will let you repartition it. Can't you just put in the Windows XP install (Update/Clean Install) CD and reinstall it that way?
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Yup it is totally possible and quite simple. All you have to do is pop your WinXP installation CD in your CD-ROM and then restart your computer. After that, the CD will give you choices if you want to format your drive or some other stuff.
It's a tiny bit confusing because at the beginning, it doesn't ask you straight out if you wanna format your comp. I think it asks if you want to create a new partition or something. Later on it will give you the choice to format.
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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 undo ubuntu and add Windows XP?
Boot from the Windows XP CD and let it reformat the drive. WIndows XP cannot use the native Ubuntu filesystem, so you'll need to reformat the drive anyway and you might as well do it using the XP install disc.
How do you reformat windows xp without reboot CD?
you have to boot from something else, whether it be a floopy disk, thumb drive, or setup cd. you can't delete files that you are currently using. if you boot into windows xp you can't delete windows xp.
How can you fix your PC that shows when turned on operating systems no foundi do not have boot disc and the recovery system won't work either?
Reformat the hard drive Reformat the hard drive
Do you have to reinstall Windows when adding a new hard drive?
You do not have to reinstall Windows if you wish to add an additional drive. If you want to be able to boot from that drive, or to replace your current boot drive, you will need to install Windows on it.
How do you reformat a hard rive?
I'm thinking your question is How do you reformat a hard drive? If so you can do this lots of ways it mostly depends on what windows program you are running......but all of them if you boot from the CD you should be given that choice in setup or you can format from the c:/ in dos "c:/format then follow the on screen prompts.
How do you reformat a laptop from Windows 2000 with no A: drive only a D drive and put Windows XP back onto the laptop?
Assuming your "d drive" is a CD-ROM drive, you can boot from the Windows XP install disk. This disk contains utilities that are very easy to use that will format and prepare the drives for installation of Windows XP. If your computer doesn't boot from the CD, you'll need to go into "setup" (usually by pressing a button when the computer first starts ie "Press DEL to enter Setup"), and find an option that says "Boot Order" or "boot devices". Make sure your CD-Rom is in the list ahead of the hard drive (sometimes listed as HDD or one of the IDE).
How do I reformat my computer to reinstall Windows 98 when it is telling me that I already have an operating system installed?
Use a Boot up CD or Boot up Floppy to format the C: Drive and then install ur Operating System. to create a boot floppy go to control panel -- > add and remove prog -- > the last tab (creat boot disk)
Is it possible to boot from ZIP drive?
Yes, it's possible but you have to have a bootable zip drive. You have to put the zip drive first in the boot menu.
How do you reformat a hard drive when it wont boot and disc drive dont work?
It sounds like the drive itself is fried. You may need to install a brand new drive and toss out the old one.
What should be done if a system cannot boot from the hard drive?
Boot from the Windows setup DVD
How do you reformat a computer?
None. if you want to format a non-boot drive, find it in my computer, right click and select "format...". if you want to format your boot drive [Be careful] , you usually need to stick in a windows CD and boot from disk, so that the computer knows what to do with itself afterwords. -------------- You can also do this from a terminal window (use the DOS 'format' command), however reformatting the computer will require you to reload the operating system from scratch (and you will lose all your data) before you can use it again. -------------- Assuming you are using Windows XP here's a tutorial http://helpdesk.its.uiowa.edu/windows/instructions/reformat.htm
