How To Format C Drive and Re Install

How to format C: drive and re-install Windows XP
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mi nd t hatyou are goi ng t ol ose any i nst al l ed sof t w are and you' l lhave t o rei nst al li t ,f or t hat you m ust have i t ' s set up. So af t er m aki ng backup of everyt hi ng and sayi ng a good bye t o your ol d sl ow com put er,m ove t ot he next st ep.But bef ore t hat do one t hi ng t hat i s check ve and t he space al ready used up.Thi swi l lprovi de ext ra hel pi nt he t he si ze of your c: dri ' f orm at t i ng'st ep.See screenshotbel ow :
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As you can see here t he si ze ofm y c:dri ve i s 4. 87 G B,i e about 4997 M B and 2. 92 GB i st he f ree space. N ot e dow n t hese det ai l s and t hen proceed t o t he next st ep.
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N ow al lyou need i st of ol l ow t hese si m pl ei nst ruct i ons and you' l lend up w i t h a new l y i nst al l ed X P on your com put er.See t he screenshot sf or ref erence. Rest artyour com put er,bootf rom t he W i ndow s X P i nst al l at i on CD and w ai tf or a f ew mi nut es f or t he set up t o be ready. Af t er a f ew m i nut es ofw ai t i ng,t hi sw i l lbe t he f i rstscreen you encount er.
Press ' Ent er'
Then press F8
Att hi s screen press ' Esc' .
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Yes,you are notgoi ng t o repai r your exi st i ng i nst al l at i on,buti nst ead goi ng t oi nst al la f resh copy.
H ere com es one oft he m osti m port antst ep.W i sel y choose your c:dri ve part i t i on,t hi s part i t i on i s goi ng t o be f orm at t ed.N extt ot he nam e ofpart i t i on,you can see i t s si ze.Justf or t h ref erence t o w hatyou not ed dow n. bei ng sure,check t he si ze oft he c:dri ve part i t i on w i M y c:dri ve w as about4997 M B,w hi ch show s here.So now af t er bei ng sure t hatyou have sel ect ed c:dri ve part i on,press ' Ent er'
Thi s screen m ustcom e i fyou have properl y sel ect ed c:dri ve part i t i on on an al ready X P i nst al l ed PC.I fnot ,t hen go back and sel ectt he proper part i t i on.Thi s screen show s t hatt he part i t i on sel ect ed al ready cont ai ns an O S.And t hi si s w hatw e w ant ,t o rem ove t hatO S and i nst al lW i ndow s X P agai n on t he new f orm at t ed part i t i on.So now att hi s screen,press ' C'
Att hi s screen sel ectyour f orm at t i ng opt i on.Ipref er t o choose N TFS nonqui ck opt i on.You can choose any f rom N TFS or FAT, qui ck or norm al ,butt he l astopt i on,i et o' l eave t he currentf i l e syst em i nt act 'shoul d notbe used.I n m y exam pl e Ichoose t hi rd opt i on.O nce agai n m ake sure t hatt he part i t i on you are f orm at t i ng i s your c:dri ve part i t i on,t he nam e of your sel ect ed part i t i on i s show n on t he second l i ne on t hi s screen.O nce you are ready and have m oved your cursor t ot he proper f orm at t i ng opt i on,press ' Ent er' .
O ne m ore screen w i l lproceed aski ng you f or t he f i nalperm i ssi on.Press ' F' .
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The f orm at t i ng process w i l lcont i nue si mi l ar t ot he above screenshot .
Af t er successf ul l y com pl et i ng t he f orm at t i ng,t he set up w i l lproceed t oi nst al lW i ndow s X P, wi t hi t ' sf i rstst ep bei ng copyi ng set up f i l es.N o user i nputi s needed,t he set up cont i nues on i t ' s ow n,si mi l ar t ot he above screenshot .
Af t er com pl et i on oft he above st ep,t he com put er w i l lrebooton i t s ow n and w i l ll ead t ot he above screen,f or aboutnext10 m i nut es,t he set up w i l lcont i nue on i t s ow n.
Justsel ect' N ext '
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Type a nam e f or your com pany or organi zat i on, i tcan be anyt hi ng.Ichoose ' H om e'and ' H om e'f or bot ht hese det ai l s.Then sel ect' N ext ' .
Ent er your productkey and sel ect' N ext ' .
Ent er a com put er nam e,you can l eave i tas i ti s al so,an adm i n passw ord and rem em ber t he passw ord.Then sel ect' N ext ' .
Aut om at i cal l yt he dat e and t i m e w oul d be setby t he set up,i fyou w antt o change i t ,t hen change or j ustsel ect' N ext ' .
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Att hi s screen choose Typi calset t i ngs or i fyou w antt o m anual l y conf i gure net w ork com ponent s sel ectcust om ,butIsuggestt o use t ypi calset t i ngs.Then sel ect' N ext ' .
Justsel ect' N ext 'and si tback f or som e m i nut es.You are on t he w ay ofj ustcom pl et i ng your rei nst al l at i on.
W hen you see t hi s screen.you have al m ostcom pl et ed your t ask.Press O K and w hen t he nextdi al og box occurs,press O K agai n.
Af t er com i ng t ot hi s screen j ustf ol l ow t he si m pl ei nst ruct i ons. 1.Press N ext2.H el p prot ect . . . ( 1stopt i on)Press N ext3.Press ski pt o ski pt hi s st ep or i fyou are connect ed t o fopt i onal , so perf orm i fyou w ant ,or i nt ernetyou can l ett he set up f i nd i t .4.Regi st rat i on i
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sel ect' N o, nott hi st i m e' .Press N ext .
Then choose nam es f or your users.Ent er atl eastone.Press ' N ext 'and att he nextst ep press ' N ext 'once agai n. Congrat s!You' re done.N ow j ustw at ch your f reshl yi nst al l ed w i ndow s X P bootf or t he f i rst t i m e.Then i nst al lt he requi red dri vers f rom t he dri ver CD and a good ant i vi rus and M S Of f i ce or anyt hi ng el se you w ant .You' l lbe happy by t he perf orm ance oft hi s rei nst al l ed wi ndow s f or t he nextm any years t o com e. So w hathave you done i nt hi st ut ori al ?
Form at t ed your exi st i ng c:dri ve. R ei nst al l ed W i ndow s X P
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