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HOW TO REFORMAT HARD DRIVE IN WINDOWS XP HOW TO
HOW TO REFORMAT HARD DRIVE IN WINDOWS XP LICENSE KEY
HOW TO REFORMAT HARD DRIVE IN WINDOWS XP INSTALL
HOW TO REFORMAT HARD DRIVE IN WINDOWS XP DRIVERS
HOW TO REFORMAT HARD DRIVE IN WINDOWS XP DOWNLOAD

Now skip the instructions below in Purple, and continue on. If you are unsure and just want to go the easy route, press the enter button. This is where you need to decide how many paritions you wish to have.

Then you will be presented with this screen:.

Windows will give you a second warning prompt. Then press the enter at the warning prompt. No matter what you choose to do, you need to use the arrow keys and highlight the c:\drive You're free to setup windows however you want though. 1 of them should be the normal c:\ drive like you're accustomed to, and 1 should be for your important files/programs. Personally, I have 5 partitions on my computer for various things, but at minimum I would recommend making 2 partitions. You can make your files safer by having them on a separate partition. I do NOT like having only 1 partition on a computer.

Next you will get a screen similar to this:.

Unless your previous windows version is really screwed up, you will get a screen like this.

You will then be presented with a EULA.

Once it is loaded, you will see this screen:

If everything goes well, you should get a blue screen with white letters.

Use the arrow keys to highlight your CD drive, and then hit ok. If you DON'T get that screen, reboot your computer, and continually press the f12 key. If you get that first screen, quickly! press a key, and boot off the cd. Or your computer will boot windows normally. Your computer should go through a black and white screen called POST.

while your computer is still on, put in the XP cd.

HOW TO REFORMAT HARD DRIVE IN WINDOWS XP HOW TO

If so, STOP!! because you will need to follow different instructions on how to reformat correctly. Very important: Look and see if there's a hidden 'recovery' partition on your hard drive. Then you will see one or more partitions on the top half. Neither of these products are free, but they are well worth it in my opinion. Two of the most popular drive imaging sofware utilities are Acronis True Image and Norton Ghost. If you have a drive imaging software, you can literally take snapshots of your hard drive, and if something screws up, you can roll back the state of your hard drive to an earlier time. Reformatting is a pain in the but isn't it.

HOW TO REFORMAT HARD DRIVE IN WINDOWS XP DOWNLOAD

Then go to the appropriate hardware vendor's website and download the correct drivers.

HOW TO REFORMAT HARD DRIVE IN WINDOWS XP DRIVERS

IF you need help finding what drivers you need, go to start->run->msinfo32.exe and that will tell you what hardware you have. Drivers allow Windows to use your hardware in the most effective manner.

The latest drivers for your computer (optional).

There are many good ones out there, If you don't know of a good one to get, I personally suggest either Zone Alarms or Sygate Firewall The downside is that it will take awhile for the CD to get there. If you are on dialup and this download is unbearably large, you can get a free copy from Microsoft here. Save them on a CD or something, we will need them immediately after reformatting. You may want to make sure that you can open the files on another computer BEFORE reformatting. I would personally suggest a cd-rom backup or a flash drive. Then, backup your important files to another media. If all is well you should get something that looks like this: Then open the folder and double click on xpinfo.exe Then right click on the file and select extract all. You can also use this tool to ensure validity. If it is NOT legit, do NOT reformat, contact Microsoft to see if a mistake has been made, and if not, tell your helper.

HOW TO REFORMAT HARD DRIVE IN WINDOWS XP LICENSE KEY

Make sure that your license key is legit. Enter your product key then click continue

HOW TO REFORMAT HARD DRIVE IN WINDOWS XP INSTALL

You will be prompted to install - click YES. Read the instructions on this page while it's loading. Be patient while the ActiveX loads, do not click on any links. Please go HERE (Microsoft website) using Internet Explorer (NOTE: Do not use Firefox or any other browser as they won't work) Otherwise you might not be able to install windows. We need to make sure that your product key is still valid. There is a small chance you will need a floppy drive.ġ. You might use another hard drive, some cd roms, or anything that holds data to backup your files.ģ. Don't backup everything, the more you backup, the more chance there is that malware will get on your newly formatted computer. A means of backing up your most important data. There are many circumstances which may change the success of your reformat.īefore you can reformat, you will need to have the following:Ģ. Only use this guide if you are reformatting using the XP cd (not using a 'recovery partition' that some computer manufacturers use) Do not use this guide if you are not reinstalling windows XP. This guide shows how to reformat your computer in case of a severe corruption or a severe malware infection where helpers cannot guarantee the security of your computer. Acknowledgements: Thanks to DKnoppix and Crow for most the images and dgosling for helping get this setup.