Clean install of WinXP Pro on NTFS system
I've been trying to re-install and format my computer which is running WinXP Pro SP2.
It will not allow me to run the install from the CD so I had to boot from the CD, however when I did boot from the CD it wouldn't recognize my HDD (which I'm assuming is because its NTFS and not FAT32).
A friend suggested I download an xp boot disk from bootdisk.com
I did that, however when I boot with it in my floppy drive, I can hear the drive turning, but my computer boots WinXP as usual, ignoring the boot disk.
I made a MS-DOS boot disk, and it will let me boot from that but i don't have access to format or fdisk. I also made a Win 98 boot disk with the updated fdisk and the computer will boot like its in Win98. When I run fdisk it recognizes all 80 gigs of my HDD and recognizes that it is in NTFS.
I guess this is where my question lies. I cannot format from the dos prompt, and I don't feel compfortable formating with the fdisk in the win98 bootdisk. I'm not sure what to do here, how I should go about this.
Comp Specs:
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Mobo
->Bios Revision 1002; Version 4.1.50
GeForce FX 5200 w/ AGP8x
80GB SATA HDD
All help will be greatly appreciated.
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