how do I format C drive on Windows XP?
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First of all restart you system and change your BIOS boot order.  Ensure that your CD or DVD is listed before the hard drive.\n\nBefore you reboot from this ensure the Windows XP CD is in the drive.  Once you reboot the CD should start through the installation.  Here you will be given the chance to select which partition to install windows on.  You can then delete the existing partitions and recreate them.  This will actually cause the reformatting of the HD.
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While reinstalling fresh windows XP, select the C drive partion to install OS, this wont delete the files on D drive, make sure you dont delete the partitions..or you have to struggle to get those files back...\n\nHowever if you have by mistake formatted the hard disk, try using some recovery softwares..\nThat would help you..
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if you have win 2000 or xp, just go to Start-my computer and you will see your c drive
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from the command prompt\n\nconvert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs\n\ne.g.:  convert c: /fs:ntfs
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If you are not formatting C drive then you need not copy any thing except the folder "my documents" the rest will stay as it is .After reinstaling you can load all your programs .
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Yes. From a DOS prompt, "format c:" will format the c drive... "format d:" will format just d. If you want C: to be bootable when you are done, make sure you use a "/s" switch at the end.
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Dunno if u can get 2 run fdisk\ndelete partitions\nre-create partitions \nmake c: active\nformat c: & d:\ninstall win xp on c:\n\nbest of luck !
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format c: /s /u\n\nbut you can only do this from a boot cd / floppy and it will wipe the boot drive clean.\n\nof course that assume a DOS format and not a NTFS format.
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you cannot partition your "C" drive if it is the current drive being used to run your computer. burn download to CD and Boot up on the CD and run disk partition, disk manager to set up drive as you want
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You can't directly - from Windows ME support was more or less removed for drivespace compression, and with XP and other NTFS operating systems, Drivespace is not compatible.\n\nThe only way I know to get round your problem is to uncompress on a compatible computer, and copy the data onto uncompressed discs.
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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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contact your nearest cmputer shop i am definetly sure they have a cheap or free XP disk.
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Go to My Computer from your Start Menu then double click on your local drive...usually its your C drive.
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You can connect it on a working computer, then go to My Computer -> right click on the external drive -> then click format.\n\nhope this helps...
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You do realize that if you do this, you will loose all the data on the drive AND the operating system if you perform it on the boot (C:) drive.\n\nOkay, you've been warned, whatever drive you want type in format c: (or whatever drive letter you want).\n\nThat's the simple way, a lot more commands are located here, http://www.computerhope.com/formathl.htm#01
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if u have win NT/2K/XP/Vista and use FAT/FAT32 then there is a command line program.\nStart command prompt and type:\nconvert [drive:] /FS:NTFS /X
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I'm assuming you've already installed the drivers and whatnot.\n\n1. Open My Computer\n\n2. Right-click on the Maxtor drive's icon\n\n3. Choose Format ...