need help please win xp home

[mono11]

i want to format my drive but i cant figure out how when i insert the startup disk it saids to remove my disk from the drive (a) so how can i start it up . please help i really need to format .. thank you

[Martoch]

Originally posted by mono11
when i insert the startup disk

The startup disc? What disc are you referring to? You should just be able to boot up with your Win XP CD in the CD-ROM then follow along with the partition/formatting procedures. There shouldn't be any floppy disks involved here...well, there could be but there doesn't need to be.

BTW, Welcome to TechIMO!!!


Mike

[Buzioid]

You probably have a bad startup disk, goto www.bootdisk.com and download a windows98 startup disk to format.

**Although, when you start the install of WindowsXPHome from a cd boot it will give you the option to format your hard drive.

[Martoch]

So...

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