Format the hard drive and reinstall XP
Hi - my old Insprion I8200 had more slower over the years. So I want to do a full format of the hard drive and reinstall Windows XP. I understand that this will destroy all my data, that is not a problem.
I have the Dell operating system reinstallation CD and the instructions tell me that when I boot from the CD, there will be two options: Windows repair or reinstall Windows. I intend to use the option of resettlement, but I want to make sure that this option is likely to reformat the hard disk, before it reinstalls Windows.
Can there, someone confirm please?
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I have a legal windows XP profesional version to install and I need advice on how to format the hard disk, the version on it now was apparently a pirate vers.its years since I, did such things and my mind is old so I really need all the steps, a - z,.
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