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Originally posted by downloadgeek@6 October 2003 - 22:36
I am using XP and i want to format my HD and re-install XP. I righclick and C: and click on format but l aways get an error when i wanna format. How can i format my drive and then re-install XP. I dont wany any of my old programs i've installed on my computer. The ones i want back i will manually re-install.
You can't format a running installation. The operating system has safeguards against that. A darn good idea in my opinion.