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chippysmith GDPR opt-out	Windows XP Dec 15^th, 2004, 9:54pm Had a new PC built a while ago, still a fresh install but its suffering from a glitch which is causing it to crash totally. I want to delete the OS and start afresh, no worries about data or anything it 's empty. How do you guts get rid of xp, I cant see a way of doing it! no dos or command prompt?
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Dewy GDPR opt-out	Re: Windows XP Reply #1 - Dec 15^th, 2004, 10:02pm You can format with XP home edition if you installed it in FAT32 but not if its in NTFS. I lost a hard drive when I installed XP pro. I chose FAT32 but it didnt say that it only went in as the NT type. I'm glad I didnt put it on the main drive or would have had to buy another HD
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Reply #2 - Dec 15^th, 2004, 10:34pm

you can overwrite it with your XP CD though, NTFS is only writeable by microsoft I believe coz they own it. Do it in FAT32 especially if you ever want to partition linux or anything, coz only FAT32 is fully interchangeable for reading&writing to disc.

When you stick in yer CD choose install complete or something for a complete overwrite, or you could try the maxtor reformatting tool for just a formatting, cant find the address atm but its on the maxtor site.

What OS is installed atm?

[edit] not maxtor western digital, Western Digital's own free partitioning utility, "Data Lifeguard Tools V. 11.0": http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?cxml=n&swid=1

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chippysmith GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: Windows XP Reply #3 - Dec 15^th, 2004, 10:53pm Its XP home edition
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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: Windows XP Reply #4 - Dec 15^th, 2004, 10:54pm im pretty sure that on our linux instal, NTFS was an option as a file system, out of about 60 that were listed ss
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Reply #5 - Dec 15^th, 2004, 10:57pm

yeah but the problem was I installed linux on an NTFS partition after allocating it about 20gig or so, then when i try to alter files on either drive here it doesnt have the rights to change, so if i'm working on linux i cant modify say a script saved on the other partitions(NTFS) if they were FAT32 no trouble. I'm fixing to get rid of XP entirely and reformat both drives anyway, then re-installing linux only, once i've burnt all my stuff to CD that is!

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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: Windows XP Reply #6 - Dec 15^th, 2004, 11:00pm lol, problem with linux is lack of drivers and programmes to suit but i like it pluggy gave me a link to an operating system "on a disk" litraly, you can run the computer without a hard drive
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Reply #7 - Dec 15^th, 2004, 11:00pm

chippysmith, when you insert the XP home CD, does it autorun asking what you want to do? Or when you open it does it seem blank?

If blank then its just a 'restore point' CD and not the full XP(many home edition are distributed like that) Then you might not be able to reformat and re-install XP. If the CD does have the option to install fresh then you can reformat using the tool i mentioned before(or try a right click on the drive and click format, poss wont work as the system running the formatting would be killed half way through!), then re-install windows.
Do you have a second drive?

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billythekid Trade Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 3402 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Trade: Plumber	Re: Windows XP Reply #8 - Dec 15^th, 2004, 11:02pm [quote author=supersparky link=1103147656/0#6 date=1103151643]lol, problem with linux is lack of drivers and programmes to suit but i like it [/quote] Disagree, everythings out there if you know who to ask and where to look. And hey it's free!!!! I like it too!
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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: Windows XP Reply #9 - Dec 15^th, 2004, 11:04pm indeed everything is out there, but ive not found games that will run on it i like my medal of honor and red alert...well did until it became old ss
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billythekid Trade Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 3402 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Trade: Plumber	Re: Windows XP Reply #10 - Dec 15^th, 2004, 11:07pm try wine, its the windows emulator and runs all my games fine(the options arent saved when you quit though because of the aforementioned NTFS problems) http://www.winehq.com
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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: Windows XP Reply #11 - Dec 15^th, 2004, 11:21pm hmm cheers for that billy.....i might go linux when i can be bothered ss
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chippysmith GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0	Re: Windows XP Reply #12 - Dec 15^th, 2004, 11:21pm The maxtor program didnt work, I think because of the partition, trying a fresh install from the original CD. Have just chosen to partition the unpartitioned space.... ooh err missus.. please dont go away
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chippysmith GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0	Re: Windows XP Reply #13 - Dec 15^th, 2004, 11:22pm I think it's hung
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billythekid Trade Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 3402 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Trade: Plumber	Re: Windows XP Reply #14 - Dec 15^th, 2004, 11:23pm yeah it can seemingly hang for ages( isnt it about 50 odd minutes to completetly install?)
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chippysmith GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: Windows XP Reply #15 - Dec 15^th, 2004, 11:29pm no... it hung, just rebooted and it will not allow you to create the partition, says its reserved for windows xp. The unpartitioned space is only 8MB
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chippysmith GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: Windows XP Reply #16 - Dec 15^th, 2004, 11:32pm I had to choose overite, no viable option for repartitioning
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