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How do I reformat cdrive w/XP on it?????
Name: James Date: March 31, 2002 at 11:33:13 Pacific
Comment:
I have XP and love it but someone hacked into my puter and messed up alot and now I need to reformat it... How in the world do I get into DOS to do this??? It was easy in 95, 98, and 2000 but in XP I hit the F8 key and it takes me to options WITH XP, not to the screen I want and there are no options to get to a DOS prompt screen either... I have tried everyone of them.... I need to get this done ASAP! Can you help me reformat this????? Thanks! ;-)
Name: Sterling_Aug Date: March 31, 2002 at 14:42:54 Pacific
Reply:
Use a Win98 boot floppy or boot using the WinXP CD.
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Response Number 2
Name: donaldk Date: March 31, 2002 at 15:00:46 Pacific
Reply:
As Sterling said, set your bios to boot from the xp cd. After that it's pretty much just reading the on-screen options and following along. Try to forget the old '98 way. XP is different, but easier. The reinstall will format your drive as part of the process. Good luck.
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Response Number 3
Name: kevin Date: March 31, 2002 at 19:48:18 Pacific
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ITS CALLED COMMAND PROMPT NOW ITS UNDER ACCESSERIES
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