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reformat laptop
Name: dawnie1002 Date: August 11, 2004 at 01:31:04 Pacific OS: win xp CPU/Ram: compaq presario 2100
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i have a compaq presario laptop that i would like to reformat. but there's no floppy drive. how do i reformat?
Name: lurkswithin Date: August 11, 2004 at 02:00:27 Pacific
Reply:
You don't need a floppy to reformat with xp. Just make sure that boot order is boot to cd first in the bios. Then insert xp install disc and follow the instructions to remove existing partitions and then to create new partition and format it.
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