format hard drives

edited January 2005 in Hardware
is it best to format hdds to do a fresh install of windows xp?

Comments

  • edited January 2005
    In short, yes.
    You probably wont need to, XP isnt nearly as temperamental as most other versions of windows but its always more healthy to do a new install on a clean hard drive.
  • HalOfBorgHalOfBorg West Virginia
    edited January 2005
    During installation, XP will ask you about formatting AND let you repartition.

    No more FDISK.
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