Friday, 7 June 2013

How to format hard drive in windows XP

How to format hard drive in windows XP?

You follow below steps to format hard drive in windows xp.
Steps:
  • Insert the Windows XP CD into your CD or DVD drive.
  • After that Restart your computer.
  • Then open Welcome to Setup page and press ENTER
  • Then Press F8 function key to accept the Windows XP Licensing Agreement.
  • To create the partition with the maximum size, then press ENTER.
  • Then type the size in megabytes (MB) for the new partition, and then press ENTER
  •  Use the ARROW keys to select the partition where you want to install Windows XP.
  • Then Press Enter key.
  • Select below format options:
    1. Format the partition by using the NTFS file system (Quick)
    2. Format the partition by using the FAT file system (Quick)
    3. Format the partition by using the NTFS file system
    4. Format the partition by using the FAT file system
    5. Leave the current file system intact (no changes)
  • After that press enter key.
  •  After that Windows Setup program formats the partition,you  follow the instructions to install Windows XP.
This is how you can format hard drive in windows xp.

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