Formatting Hard drive that runs W2K
This is a follow up to several of my postings about problems connecting to the internet with a desk top that runs W2K. I don't have the time to review all the attempts I have made to find the problem,but have come to the conclusion that it is a software problem with the operating system. I would like to reformat the hard drive and remove W2K and install XP Home. I have an installation disk for XP Home. I am not sure about how to format the hard drive. I found instructions on microsoft support on using the W2K CD to start the computer and go to the Recovery Console. Thne according to the instructions I will end up at a command prompt and enter "format C" and hit enter. When format is complete, I type exit at the command prompt and press enter to restart my computer. Does this make sense? Any better ideas? Again, my goal is to format my hard drive so I can insall XP Home as an operating system. I am hoping this will fix my internet access problem. If it doesn't work, I haven't lost anything since this computer is only used for email and internet access in a vacation home.
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