Help with formatting my hard drive

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Help with formatting my hard drive - 04/01/08 01:56 AM

Can someone help me please
I am using Windows XP and I lost my installation CD's Is there any way to reformat my hard drive with out using the CD?

Thank you for your help

Re: Help with formatting my hard drive - 04/01/08 03:23 AM

You can format it all you want but you'll need an OS to put on it.

Contact the manufacturer of your computer for a replacement XP CD.

Re: Help with formatting my hard drive - 04/01/08 12:13 PM

I'm sorry i wasent clear on my post. I have Windows 98 to install but I cant seem to reformat the hard drive that allready has Windows xp installed on it and I dont have the XP installation disk

Re: Help with formatting my hard drive - 04/01/08 12:32 PM

Just use the boot disk, run fdisk, and delete the "non-MS" partition.

or download the DOS Ultimate Boot CD which has plenty of format/partitioning tools on it.