need help formating

[vulgar]

Hey im using windows 2000 pro OS and its running really slow,i have installed broad band and that does not seem to be right so i wish to format the hd and install windows xp,so can anyone give me some help on what to do?

thanks

[jaclaz]

If you really want to format your HD, just download (if you do not have one) a Windows 98 Boot floppy image, make the floppy, set your BIOS to boot from floppy, boot and a the c:> prompt type format c: and press [Enter].

Just make a Google search for "bootdisk" and will find plenty of links.

WARNING:

BEFORE formatting a drive one MUST:

1) BACKUP DATA

2) BACKUP DATA AGAIN (let's play safe and have two copies)

3) DOUBLE CHECK you have ALL the following:

a) operating system bootable install CD

b) all needed drivers

c) all needed programs, including their registration info

d) a PRINTED copy of ALL login/passwords (your ISP, e-mail account, etc.)

e) a PRINTED copy of ALL network settings (IP, DNS, etc)

REMEMBER, YOU WILL DELETE EVERYTHING!

jaclaz

[MaloK]

insert windows xp setup cd, reboot computer, boot from cd, during install windows will promp you to select where you want to install, this is a partition manager delete the partition and select the free space to install windows, setup wil do the rest for you.... no need for a 98 boot disk and you will be able to format it with ntfs file system instead of converting it after.... hth.

[gamehead200]

If you really want to format your HD, just download (if you do not have one) a Windows 98 Boot floppy image, make the floppy, set your BIOS to boot from floppy, boot and a the c:> prompt type format c: and press [Enter].

Just make a Google search for "bootdisk" and will find plenty of links.

WARNING:

BEFORE formatting a drive one MUST:

1) BACKUP DATA

2) BACKUP DATA AGAIN (let's play safe and have two copies)

3) DOUBLE CHECK you have ALL the following:

a) operating system bootable install CD

B) all needed drivers

c) all needed programs, including their registration info

d) a PRINTED copy of ALL login/passwords (your ISP, e-mail account, etc.)

e) a PRINTED copy of ALL network settings (IP, DNS, etc)

REMEMBER, YOU WILL DELETE EVERYTHING!

jaclaz

Exactly what I did, except I only made one backup and used Windows XP's setup to format my drive...