Comments on How to Format a Hard Drive With Windows XP

Thank you Thank you i have been trying to get my new hard drive working for days the bloke at the computer shop said nothing about formating the new hard drive.thank you again it works...

Amazing! I have been looking for instructions that made sence for days. I wasted so much time and I was so frustrated with all that rubbish out there. Thank you so much for this great info

Amazing! I have been looking for instructions that made sence for days. I wasted so much time and I was so frustrated with all that rubbish out there. Thank you so much for this great info

I had to do a complete reformat of my hard drive (reinstall Windows XP) due to some major performance issues I'd been having for quite some time. I performed all the tasks above and I'm still having problems. I tried to set a new network connection and the wizard can't find the hardware, and I can't change my screen resolution since the only option I'm given is Medium (16 bit). My problems got worse!! HELP!!

I had to do a complete reformat of my hard drive (reinstall Windows XP) due to some major performance issues I'd been having for quite some time. I performed all the tasks above and I'm still having problems. I tried to set a new network connection and the wizard can't find the hardware, and I can't change my screen resolution since the only option I'm given is Medium (16 bit). My problems got worse!! HELP!!

Excellent help! Thank you! It worked wonderfully without confusion!

Excellent help! Thank you! It worked wonderfully without confusion!

i saw 3 steps.....wheres the rest////

i saw 3 steps.....wheres the rest////

when you have to reformat the hard drive.. do you ahve to run in safemode....

when you have to reformat the hard drive.. do you ahve to run in safemode....

this page clearly did EXACTLY what I needed and accurately described what to expect! Microsoft's help sucks ASS and was telling me about FAT32 (he-he). Once again, I'm busy fixing my Windows machine when I'd rather be playing w/ my Ubuntu. thx guys >dirk

Formatting an external hard drive will not wipe your current hard drive.

Formatting an external hard drive will not wipe your current hard drive.

Hey do you know if formatting an external hdd will wipe my current hard drive??

can I use the article "formatting a secondary hard drive to remove a partition and place the all the hard drive space into a single partition ?

can I use the article "formatting a secondary hard drive to remove a partition and place the all the hard drive space into a single partition ?

I'm trying to install XP on a Vista laptop. When it boots it shows the hard drive, but when XP tries to install it says there's no hard drive!!! Any suggestions? Thanks, John

I'm trying to install XP on a Vista laptop. When it boots it shows the hard drive, but when XP tries to install it says there's no hard drive!!! Any suggestions? Thanks, John

Great article - thanks for the help!

Great article - thanks for the help!

hi all, i got problem to format my hard drive. after i've press any key to boot from cd nothing happen and the blue screen didn't show up. i've waited the whole night but nothing happened. please help me. i really need to format the computer.

hi all, i got problem to format my hard drive. after i've press any key to boot from cd nothing happen and the blue screen didn't show up. i've waited the whole night but nothing happened. please help me. i really need to format the computer.

Wow! First time using eHow and it was the best and easiest 'How to" computer instructions I ever encountered. The directions were idiot proof and detailed every thing concerning the event.

Wow! First time using eHow and it was the best and easiest 'How to" computer instructions I ever encountered. The directions were idiot proof and detailed every thing concerning the event.