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Hope someone can tell me what command to watch after restarting with the
WinXP cd in the drive in order to wipe the C: drive clean and reinstall WinXP. I don't want to do a repair. Thanks. |
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You want to delete the existing partition, create a new partition, then format
the new partition. That will wipe out the old copy of XP... Ben Myers On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:57:23 -0800, "KEN" wrote: Hope someone can tell me what command to watch after restarting with the WinXP cd in the drive in order to wipe the C: drive clean and reinstall WinXP. I don't want to do a repair. Thanks. |
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Ben: Yes. I have a partition (E on my C: drive which I don't use and
would just as soon do away with. What I want is to completely erase XP which is corrupt and reinstall. "Ben Myers" wrote in message ... You want to delete the existing partition, create a new partition, then format the new partition. That will wipe out the old copy of XP... Ben Myers On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:57:23 -0800, "KEN" wrote: Hope someone can tell me what command to watch after restarting with the WinXP cd in the drive in order to wipe the C: drive clean and reinstall WinXP. I don't want to do a repair. Thanks. |
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KEN wrote:
Ben: Yes. I have a partition (E on my C: drive which I don't use and would just as soon do away with. What I want is to completely erase XP which is corrupt and reinstall. "Ben Myers" wrote in message ... You want to delete the existing partition, create a new partition, then format the new partition. That will wipe out the old copy of XP... Ben Myers On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:57:23 -0800, "KEN" wrote: Hope someone can tell me what command to watch after restarting with the WinXP cd in the drive in order to wipe the C: drive clean and reinstall WinXP. I don't want to do a repair. Thanks. Efdisk from MasterBooter handles all sorts of partitions: http://www.programmersheaven.com/dow.../download.aspx Can erase them all. If you want to go even further, download a utility from the HD manf that writes zeros to the disk. |
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"KEN" wrote in message ... Hope someone can tell me what command to watch after restarting with the WinXP cd in the drive in order to wipe the C: drive clean and reinstall WinXP. I don't want to do a repair. Thanks. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...p/install.mspx You want to click on choices that say install, not repair! The XP disk will format the drive and even allow you to create partitions. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm Windows XP from A to Z. Click on the letter I and scroll down to install and start reading. |
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Muddle, Thanks for the MS link so I can study the installation process.
Looks like I can keep the existing partition as is. Don't want to create a new one or another one. "Muddle" wrote in message ... "KEN" wrote in message ... Hope someone can tell me what command to watch after restarting with the WinXP cd in the drive in order to wipe the C: drive clean and reinstall WinXP. I don't want to do a repair. Thanks. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...p/install.mspx You want to click on choices that say install, not repair! The XP disk will format the drive and even allow you to create partitions. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm Windows XP from A to Z. Click on the letter I and scroll down to install and start reading. |
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BUT if you want to wipe the current Windows installation clean, you'll need to
reformat the C: partition... Ben Myers On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:16:50 -0800, "KEN" wrote: Muddle, Thanks for the MS link so I can study the installation process. Looks like I can keep the existing partition as is. Don't want to create a new one or another one. "Muddle" wrote in message t... "KEN" wrote in message ... Hope someone can tell me what command to watch after restarting with the WinXP cd in the drive in order to wipe the C: drive clean and reinstall WinXP. I don't want to do a repair. Thanks. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...p/install.mspx You want to click on choices that say install, not repair! The XP disk will format the drive and even allow you to create partitions. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm Windows XP from A to Z. Click on the letter I and scroll down to install and start reading. |
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"Ben Myers" wrote in message
BUT if you want to wipe the current Windows installation clean, you'll need to reformat the C: partition... Ben Myers Nope! You never have to reformat! Just rename the Windows and Programs folders and if something goes wrong, just rename them back. Although if everything goes fine, just delete them -- Bill |
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Yeah, sure, but the OP originally said he wanted to wipe the drive clean.
Leaving an old Windows install in place is exactly wiping the drive clean, is it? Further, installing Windows in another folder simply confuses the issue when the time comes to troubleshoot any problems. Given that we are talking Windows here, that time may come in the next 5 minutes... Ben On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:49:51 -0600, "BillW50" wrote: "Ben Myers" wrote in message BUT if you want to wipe the current Windows installation clean, you'll need to reformat the C: partition... Ben Myers Nope! You never have to reformat! Just rename the Windows and Programs folders and if something goes wrong, just rename them back. Although if everything goes fine, just delete them |
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Anyway, Windows XP improves on its predecessors by offering a quick format
option which takes hardly any time at all, and still wipes the drive clean logically, if not physically... Ben Myers On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:49:51 -0600, "BillW50" wrote: "Ben Myers" wrote in message BUT if you want to wipe the current Windows installation clean, you'll need to reformat the C: partition... Ben Myers Nope! You never have to reformat! Just rename the Windows and Programs folders and if something goes wrong, just rename them back. Although if everything goes fine, just delete them |
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