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.
Insert your Windows 98 CD and reboot your computer. Begin the Windows 98 setup process. It will tell you that it does not recognize the filesystem on the hard drive, and will ask you to reformat it. Do so. It will then format the hard drive and reboot the computer. Start the setup program again, and follow the on-screen prompts to install Windows 98.
If you mean to reformat the hard drive, you need to insert your copy of your operating system recovery CD and reboot the computer.
Insert the windows XP Disc into the CD Drive, and reboot the computer. Boot from the CD. Then follow the instructions.
i need to reboot my computer lost all configuration and lost CD
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.
Insert CD, Reboot. switch off . go home .
its impossible once rote , rote 4ever Is the CD a CD-R or CD+R? If so, you cannot reformat it. Once the disk is finalized, it becomes "read only" and there is no way to reformat because it is a "write once" disk. Is the CD a CD-RW or CD+RW? If so, you can reformat it.
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.
Reformat it.
You might not need to reformat. You could try just uninstalling the Novell Client, by going to the properties of the Network adapter. If you do want / need to reformat, you should do it with the original disk that came with the computer. Sometimes the EULA key will not work with other manufacturer's CD.
you brong the windows CD and put it in your computer and reboot.. lol thats all i know :P ENJOY!
To reformat a hard drive with Windows 2000, first, back up any important data, as formatting will erase everything on the drive. Insert the Windows 2000 installation CD and restart your computer, booting from the CD. Once the setup begins, select the option to install Windows, then choose the hard drive you want to format, and select the format option (usually NTFS or FAT32). Follow the prompts to complete the formatting process and install Windows.