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 How to Format the C Drive on a Windows XP SP2

Has something screwed up your C drive? Formatting should be the last option, only if everything else failed (including using a live CD such as Ubuntu). If you think you need that, read this article (for Windows XP only).

STEP 1.Insert the Windows XP disk, and turn off your computer


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    2 Turn on your computer
 

 3.A screen will come up during the boot and tell you to press any key to boot from CD, (if not you will need to change the start up sequence in the BIOS). Press any key you like.














  

4.    Next, you are asked which file system to use, the FAT Filesystem or NTFS Filesystem. NTFS Filesystem is the newer and faster one, so use that. FAT would also limit you to small hard disk drives.
  

 5.    It might take a while. Once everything is loaded, there will be a few options on the screen. The one you want says 'To set up Windows XP, press enter.' So select it and press enter.
  
  6.    Follow the rest of the on screen instructions to finish formatting.

 7.    Alternatively, if you just want to format a secondary hard drive you can go to 'My Computer', right click on the drive and press format and follow the instructions accordingly.