formating a PC
 

Hi All

I tried to look for formating topics but couldnot find anything. I hope you people can help me on this issue.

I want to formate my desktop, my windows are installed in D drive and have 2 partission, I want to formate it completely and make partissions again I dont know how to?
I dont know much about computers and have never done this ever.
I there any step by step guide available so I can print it and then format my pc?

I hope you people can help me on this issue asap.

Thanks in advance
Umer Khan

Re: formating a PC
 

hiya

this is a good article

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313348

- best to read through it all before taking the plunge ;)

Re: formating a PC
 

Which PC is it, and did it come with a Windows disc or a system recovery disc?

Cos it matters- for example, if you run XP setup or fdisk on a Packard Bell it will screw it up....

Re: formating a PC
 

good point, messing up the hidden recovery partition on some computers is not a good idea.

Re: formating a PC
 

If you're not confident about doing it - I think I'd get a nerdy friend to do it for you.

Just an idea.

Re: formating a PC
 

it is p4 without recovery disk, but i have xp and drivers

Re: formating a PC
 

Back all you wanna keep up, then put the xp disk in, turn off pc, turn it back on and boot from the CD. When it asks you about drives/partitions clear all and create what you want. Follow the wizard to install XP on your C drive.

It's not difficult...

Re: formating a PC
 

you may need to enter bios and set cdrom as 1st boot device. At boot press either the del key or the F2 key this will enter you into setup.Search around for boot priority

Re: formating a PC
 

I followed this site


http://rcc.bgsu.edu/computing/xpformat/

Nice pictures to explain it as well

Re: formating a PC
 

What a great site!
The amount of times I've had to go through stuff like this for friends not in the know, now I can point them there, cheers!

Re: formating a PC
 

I tend to do it for them,thats how I make a living ;)