re: 'How do I reformat window xp?' Thursday, May 15, 2003 at 5:20 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Asger (2 messages posted) Hi! I seem to be having a problem that's probably like the one posted by Ivan, at least a lot of surfing has brought me here. I have a computer, that was upgraded to XP. Later I installed a full version - but the old installation wasn't removed in the process. I wasn't given the option to do so, and the drive had already been changed to NFTS. Since then, the machine has been unstable, and I believe, it could be due to old registry entries conflictning with the full version windows, I'm using now. Now, perhaps that's utter nonsence, I'm not an expert, I' just asking for help. The point is, I'd like to clean up the harddisk, remove everything and then reinstall the full version. But I havent been able to format the harddisk, neither from windows, from a bootdisk (naturally - the old DOS-format function cannot see the NFTS system...) og by trying to reinstall. The last option just gets me to the point where I'b being asked if I want to install XP alongside with an already existing installation. I don't. I checked the cleaninstall-link above, but it didn't adress this problem: How do I remove earlier installations of XP from an NFTS drive in preparation for a completely celan installation? OR: Wipe the partition and get it formated back to FAT32? I've been looking for a long time, and constantly arrive at dead ends. I'd really like some help if possible. Sincerely Asger On Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 6:45 am, Ricer46 wrote: >There are multiple approaches available, the best choice depends on what your end >goal is. It would be better if you stated that. Presummably you plan on doing something >after you format your drive. > > Written in response to: re: 'How do I reformat window xp?' (Ricer46: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 6:45 am) Responses to this message: re: 'How do I reformat window xp?' (S. Das: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 at 1:32 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] 'How do I reformat window xp?' (ivan: Tue, Apr 29, 2003, 4:24 am) re: 'How do I reformat window xp?' (triplate: Tue, Apr 29, 2003, 4:55 am) re: 'How do I reformat window xp?' (ivan: Tue, Apr 29, 2003, 5:14 am) re: 'How do I reformat window xp?' (Tom Swanson: Tue, Apr 29, 2003, 1:29 pm) re: 'How do I reformat window xp?' (daniel: Tue, Apr 29, 2003, 5:02 am) re: 'How do I reformat window xp?' (Ricer46: Tue, Apr 29, 2003, 6:45 am) re: 'How do I reformat window xp?' (Asger: Thu, May 15, 2003, 5:20 am) re: 'How do I reformat window xp?' (S. Das: Wed, May 26, 2004, 1:32 pm) re: 'How do I reformat window xp?' (nitineiwitesatin: Fri, Aug 27, 2004, 11:37 am) re: 'How do I reformat window xp?' (patricia: Thu, May 11, 2006, 12:28 pm) re: 'How do I reformat window xp?' (werner: Thu, May 11, 2006, 12:40 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum