Click here and get The Ask Leo! Click here for a newer version of this article covering Windows And if not done with the proper preparation, you could lose absolutely everything on your computer.
Become a Patron of Ask Leo! Back Up. Boot from that, erase the disk, and then boot from your Windows installation media to reinstall Windows from scratch. This is where you tell Windows Setup on which drive you want Windows installed. Note that the list of drives on your system will likely be different than seen here. First : Make sure to click on the drive or partition you want to erase and on which you want to install windows. Press Enter to confirm that you want to delete the partition.
Since this is a destructive operation all information on the partition will be erased , Windows XP Setup asks again, just to be sure:.
Windows XP Setup now presents you with the list of drives and partitions again:. The default value should be the maximum appropriate for that partition, so simply press ENTER to continue. The default is to format using NTFS, which is just fine for more situations. Once the formatting is complete, Windows Setup then automatically begins copying files to the newly formatted partition and continues with additional options and selections related to how you would like your new installation to be configured.
Subscribe to Confident Computing! Less frustration and more confidence, solutions, answers, and tips in your inbox every week. When this is completed how do you get all the updates needed? There must be hundreds and is there a specfic order to install them? Great job with the screenshots Leo.
Some folks use a driver backup tool before reformatting, but on Dell PCs the process is much easier, either through the Driver CD included with the PC or by downloading drivers by inputting the Dell Service Tag at support. Hope that helps! If you need your key prior to doing the above, all you have to do is download and run Belarc Advisor, and it gives you all of your licenses and all programs, updates, etc.
But if you have more than one OS on a disc as I do , then you need to run it on both partitions. What could be wrong? Should I have to keep XP SP2 as it is or should I have to update it every often through automatic update option including with critical security updates? I have been trying to install Windows Vista on my Intel 3. Is my PC compatible for the said installation. I always find great help everytime I open this site. Yes this is the right way that I have been using to Format and Install Windows.
My computer allows the page scroll buttons and the ESC button to work, but not F8 for some reason. I have a windows xp disk but I dont know how to run it or anything can you help me out? You first need to prepare your computer for formatting and save all your files that you would like to keep. Then you need to delete your hard drive and then format it.
Have trouble following my instructions, then simply follow the video tutorial at the bottom of this page. The first step in this how to format a hard drive tutorial is to prepare your hard drive for formation. Remember everything you have on this hard drive will be lost.
Make sure you check your desktop, your my documents folders, maybe export your emails and address book and save your favorites. Once you are happy that all your files have been saved move on to the next step. Formatting a hard drive lead to the deletion of all hard drive data stored on it. Formatting hard drive can be categorized into two types: Quick format and Regular format. Regular format : When you choose to run a regular format on a volume, files are removed from the volume that you are formatting and the hard disk is scanned for bad sectors.
The scan for bad sectors is responsible to make you sure that your drive is in healthy mode or not. Quick format : If the quick format option is chosen, format process removes files from the partition, but does not scan the disk for bad sectors.
Only use this option if your hard disk has been previously formatted and you are sure that hard disk is not damaged. Before formatting of hard drive partitions process is carried out, it is important to first understand about partitions.
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