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Technical Help & Discussion => Windows PCs & Software: Help, News & Discussion => Topic started by: spooner on January 06, 2004, 16:37

Title: Formatting my c drive
Post by: spooner on January 06, 2004, 16:37

Hope this is in the right section. ???
Need to format my hard drive as my pc is slowing up, have done it before but that was when i was on win 98.
i`m now on xp, can anybody talk me through it.
thanks in advance  ;)

Title: Re:Formatting my c drive
Post by: Tony on January 06, 2004, 17:17

Do you mean, you want to save your data and such, and then reformat and reinstall XP ?

Title: Re:Formatting my c drive
Post by: spooner on January 06, 2004, 18:26

Yes

Title: Re:Formatting my c drive
Post by: Sandra on January 06, 2004, 18:44

It is in the wrong bit, I will move it after I answer you  :)

Have you already got what you need saved on CD  ?
If so just either use a 98 boot disk and boot into dos then type Format C: or, change the boot sequence to boot from the CD and let it format the drive before you re install XP  :)