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Spice · 09-23-2003, 06:46 PM

I have a big problem here. I've been using a system with XP installed on it from an old HP system that I used to have. With that version, the HP software made a 5 gig partition for Windows backup and left the other 75 gigs for windows.

Well, just recently, I went out and bought a FULL version of XP to put over that. I figured that it'd be simple, that I'd just pop it in and it'd erase everything on the hard drive and install a fresh XP. What it did was keep the partition AND it left all of the old data on the hard drive, it just installed windows and left the rest of the files that I don't want.

What I'd like to do is just clear the ENTIRE hard drive from all files AND partitions and install the fresh full XP cd that I have. If anyone could help me here, I'd greatly appreciate it.

I tried Fdisk, but for some reason, I can't get into it.

ALSO, Windows won't let me just format the drive while I'm in XP, I've tried a few different programs and options, no luck.

09-23-2003, 06:46 PM
Spice Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 83	How To TOTALLY Format A Drive That You're Using ? I have a big problem here. I've been using a system with XP installed on it from an old HP system that I used to have. With that version, the HP software made a 5 gig partition for Windows backup and left the other 75 gigs for windows. Well, just recently, I went out and bought a FULL version of XP to put over that. I figured that it'd be simple, that I'd just pop it in and it'd erase everything on the hard drive and install a fresh XP. What it did was keep the partition AND it left all of the old data on the hard drive, it just installed windows and left the rest of the files that I don't want. What I'd like to do is just clear the ENTIRE hard drive from all files AND partitions and install the fresh full XP cd that I have. If anyone could help me here, I'd greatly appreciate it. I tried Fdisk, but for some reason, I can't get into it. ALSO, Windows won't let me just format the drive while I'm in XP, I've tried a few different programs and options, no luck.