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Is there any way to kind of reformat Windows XP without using a CD?

Zimbo

You could create a "boot disk" and then format your hard drive from there but if you wanted to then re-install windows xp you would need the CD.

You can get the bootdisks from here:
http://www.bootdisk.com/

Originally Posted by Zimbo

You could create a "boot disk" and then format your hard drive from there but if you wanted to then re-install windows xp you would need the CD.

You can get the bootdisks from here:
http://www.bootdisk.com/

Ok, thanks, it was just a question I had about Windows XP, I wasn't really sure if there was a way to reformat Windows XP without a CD.

Thanks anyway

ladygreenwitch

Hey PCHFNewbie,

Are you really asking about reformatting your drive, or do you want to reinstall XP? Or do you just want to do a repair on XP?

Might be able to get through without the CD, unless you are really talking about a complete reformating.

T

Originally Posted by tjnbarbour

Hey PCHFNewbie,

Are you really asking about reformatting your drive, or do you want to reinstall XP? Or do you just want to do a repair on XP?

Might be able to get through without the CD, unless you are really talking about a complete reformating.

T

I kind of just want to reformat all of Windows XP on my PC

ladygreenwitch

Hi PCHFNewbie,

Sometimes the techno speak can make things confusing. I am not sure how PC literate you are, so I want to clarify what you are talking about.

Formatting; refers to erasing, or cleaning a drive or disk of all previous information in order to prepare it for new data. This could be an operating system, or just new files.

XP; Is an operating system, it is an intrinsic part of how a computer works and allows all of the other programs and peripherals (keyboards, mice, CD players, etc,) to work together. Microsoft has had many over the years; 3.1, Win 95, Win98, WinNT, Win2000, WinME, and now WinXP.

Operating systems can develop problems which cause your computer not to run properly. This can require repairing the system by a number of different methods. One of which, the most extreme, is reformatting the drive and reinstalling the operating system, in your case, Win XP.

You say that you just kinda want to reformat all of XP on your machine, I am curous as to what is causing you to say that. Are you having problems with the computer? It sounds in your original posts as if you do not have the instal disks for the PC, perhaps you don't actually have to reformat, but just do some repairs. Why don't you post what the specific problems are and see if we can't help you resolve the issues.

Take care

:-) T

Originally Posted by tjnbarbour

Hi PCHFNewbie,

Sometimes the techno speak can make things confusing. I am not sure how PC literate you are, so I want to clarify what you are talking about.

Formatting; refers to erasing, or cleaning a drive or disk of all previous information in order to prepare it for new data. This could be an operating system, or just new files.

XP; Is an operating system, it is an intrinsic part of how a computer works and allows all of the other programs and peripherals (keyboards, mice, CD players, etc,) to work together. Microsoft has had many over the years; 3.1, Win 95, Win98, WinNT, Win2000, WinME, and now WinXP.

Operating systems can develop problems which cause your computer not to run properly. This can require repairing the system by a number of different methods. One of which, the most extreme, is reformatting the drive and reinstalling the operating system, in your case, Win XP.

You say that you just kinda want to reformat all of XP on your machine, I am curous as to what is causing you to say that. Are you having problems with the computer? It sounds in your original posts as if you do not have the instal disks for the PC, perhaps you don't actually have to reformat, but just do some repairs. Why don't you post what the specific problems are and see if we can't help you resolve the issues.

Take care

:-) T

Well, actually, I really just wanted to reformat my hard drives, basically all of Windows XP, when I had those pesky Trojan Horse viruses on my PC, http://www.pchelpforum.com/component.../topic,1475.0/, but now I don't need to reformat my PC, thanks to the people that helped me. :-)

Thanks again, everybody!