My operating system is XP Home and I want to reformat my hard drive and reload the opperating system.It has 1 x 20G NTFS partition 100% usage.What is the best method to do this.I have a windows 98 boot disk which I can use to fdisk the HD but it seems that you need to set up a primary dos partition before you can reformat the HD
View 14 RepliesI'm currently trying to install Service Pack 2 onto my computer which is running XP, but everytime I run the install it tries to do it on a tiny partition (8meg) I have. As a result it doesn't have enough room to install SP2 and quits the install.
1 Can I tell SP2 or my computer to install on my primary partition? 2 Can get rid of the tiny partition without reformating the drive?
I have a problem with explorer had it before and after reformating deep and fresh reinstall cant load java or activex at all and I get no yellow warning bars.Java would not install auto or manual from the java site.So I went sun's site and got it to install from the download but still nothing works.Wont a virus scan find a boot sector bug?It affects firefox to so I cant go to support site because they have errors where contact buttons should be.winxp pro updated from original to 1 then sp2.Its oem so it $59 at microsoft for support.My software skills are sadly lacking or I would look in the regestry but I would'nt know what to look for.Im a hardware guy not software.By the way it runs games just fine and no problems with any other software.
View 2 Replies View RelatedMy computer, actually both of my computers, have been running extremely slow lately and they have so much junk on them that I want to get off. I know that just removing them and deleting files will not solve anything seeing as the hard drive is never fully deleted, but i have heard that there is a way of reformating your hard drive. My goal is to put my computers back into the condition they were when I first bought them. I have a Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2, and I would be really thankful if someone could help me put my computer back to the way it was. I am not at all interested in keeping personal files or anything on my computer, I just want the computer exactly the way it was when I first bought it with the programs that were already preinstalled still in it.
View 11 Replies View RelatedAfter reformating my pc, my secondary hard drive is now designated as drive "D". Before the reformat it was drive "G". I have software that needs to get data from drive "G" but the drive is not designated as "G" any longer. I can't remember how to reassign the drive letters so that I can designate the secondary drive as "G".
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