If I format the drive that I am on,will it also Delete windows xp?
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Yes. It will delete everything. So make sure you take a back up of your files. If you have a partition with 2 drives then i think it wont!
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If you formatted your PC, this means you completely erased your hard drive. Your ONLY choice at this point is to reinstall windows from your original install CD. \n\nBuy the way, the format erased ALL your files (docs, photos, music, etc)\n\nSorry to break it to you this way...I feel for you...
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Windows 98 installation disk cannot be used to format Windows XP drive because Windows XP usually setted up as NTFS ( new file manager system), while windows 98 supports FAT32 (old file manager system) only. Other words, old one cannot do anything over new one.\n\nYou can use Windows XP installation disk (you may own it) if you don't have the disk you can use another software like Hiren boot CD...to format your HDD first ( It has to be FAT or FAT32 because windows 98 cannot "see" NTFS), then use windows 98 installation disk.
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well \n     there is no real way to remove everything... even if you format, it is still possible to recover information...pictures, music, exc... but you the average person...place the windows install CD in restart the computer and tell it to remove the C: partition, this will also format it...keep in mind that you will "lose everything" so place anything you may want on a CD or DVD.
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If you have a WinXP disk\npop it in\npress ENTER to load disc when it asks\nyou can format from the winxp installation\nby selecting a partition and choosing to delete it\nformat as NTSF quick, best choice for today's world - the full format is useless and needlessly LONG\n\nif you don't have a XP disk..you shouldnt't be deleting your computer
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Actually, If you already have xp pro installed, you can simply put in your cd and reboot..\n\nIf your cd rom is set as a boot device, your xp cd will boot in a dos-type mode, and as you navigate through the blue screen menu's there is an option to delete your prior windows installation and install a new "fresh" copy of windows..  You could also just repartition the drive and do a fresh install, but you will lose all other data on the drive..
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put xp OS CD in drive, when u get to the format section, make sure u delete the existing partition, create a new partition and format it as NTFS.
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you can delete XP if u are using single window, like u install 98 or ME and then XP, then insert Win XP bootable CD and it will automatically give u three options, click on last option 'Remove or uninstall' or either go to control panel while inserting CD and choose uninstall win XP option, this will remove window without using format option\nregards,\nvikas kumar\nhi_lovegirls@yahoo.com
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A clean install is not always necessary, slightly better stability and performance can be expected when XP is installed to a clean hard drive or partition. \n\nIts nothing to do if u want to take the hard drive.
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if you have made partitions correctly and formatting only c drive then data from c drive only will be destroyed.it won't affect other drive data.if you are formatting whole hard disk then only total hard disk will get formatted.
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Formatting erases everything, so if you are in Windows and want to format the disk with Windows while you are in it, it obviously wouldn't work. \nThe most user freindly way to format a hard drive (if you only have one) in my opinion is to go to the website of the manufacturer of the hard drive, download their floppy disk utility and boot from that to format the drive.
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reformatting it will "erase" everything on it, however it will not "destroy" the information on there.  IE, it could in theory still be retrieved by a skilled person with the right tools.  There are 'scrubber' software packages available that overwrite data with a bunch of trash data, then erase and reformat the drive.  This is still not perfect, but its a lot safer if you have something like social sec numbers, credit card numbers, etc and you are about to donate your computer to the local prison for prisoners to use:P
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if you say that you upgraded it... you data is still in the computer...but if you formated and newly installed XP..then everything is completely gone...\n\n\nIf you upgraded it, you can search for the file, or you can go to My Computer, C Drive, and if you have programs folders that you had installed in the previous OS..then ur data is not lost...\n\n\nIf for some reason ur data is not lost...go to My Computer, C driver, Documents and Settings, and everything should be located in those folders
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you could just throw in a windows xp cd and delete the partitions\nthen format it back to ntfs
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No. Formatting your system is like erasing a cassette tape .. it's gone.\n\nUnless of course, your MS Office is installed on a different drive.
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Here's a great 'how to'\nhttp://www.lifehacker.com/software/windows/geek-to-live-how-to-format-your-hard-drive-and-install-windows-xp-from-scratch-157578.php\n\n///
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When you wipe the Vista drive clean, the boot menu will not appear.  \n\nHowever, you can also disable that screen without reformatting the drive.\n\nTo do that, simply open Control Panel->Performance and Maintenance->System->Advanced-> choose Windows XP from the drop down box, and uncheck the 'Time to display list of operating systems' checkbox.\n\nIn addition, I'll bet there's a way to change the drive boot priority from the computer's bios, but I'd stick with that method.