Booting in CD Drive- Windows Reformat

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Go into your BIOS and set the boot order to CD-ROM > Floppy > Hard Drive, exit out and Save.

Then boot from your install CD - if it errors out check that it is clean and undamaged.

As you already have Windows installed follow this procedure ....

Boot from the Windows CD "“ follow the on screen prompts "¦..

To set up Windows XP now press ENTER

Accept the Licence Agreement F8

Searching for previous versions of Windows

To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows without repairing press ESC

Ensure that the drive/partition selected is the one on which XP was set up and press D to delete the selected partition.

To delete the partition press ENTER

To delete the partition press L "“ heed the warnings and DOUBLE CHECK before hitting L

To create a partition in the unpartitioned space press C

Accept max size and press ENTER

To set up Windows XP on the selected item (Partition (New Raw)) press ENTER
Format the partition using the NTFS file system "“ preferred unless you want an install of Win 98 to access data on the drive/partition, if so choose FAT.

Set up is formatting "¦â€¦

When format is complete XP will install.

When complete install your antivirus and firewall before you even think of connecting to the Internet. Update the virus definitions immediately and then go to Windows Updates and download the Critical updates.

 

When you reformat, everything will be gone, so backup any needed data and programs to cdr or other removable media prior to reformatting.

Do NOT NOT NOT use this media backup until you have reinstaklled windows and your antivirus program. Put the media into it's drive and scan the media before opening anything on it, else you may end up putting the virus back on your computer.