reformatting

Question

WHen i try to reformat, i get to the screen that shows the partitions on my comp. I try to delete the current partition with XP, but it wont let me, bc has temp data needed on that partition. help. how can I get thru this to reformat?

jaser12 · Answer

thanks

Duhhh · Answer

Yeah, XP is pretty firm about not formatting the partition that it is running on. You really want to reformat you boot partition? I guess this is so you can reinstall XP? If so, boot your install CD. After it loads from CD, it will ask if you want to repair the partition it finds, or install - tell it you want to install. Then you can tell it to format the partition (either quick or slow - the slow method clears and tests every sector to look for disk errors).

toolhog · Answer

I reformatted my hard drive on my Dimension 3000 this way and when I try to reload from the Dell rcovery disk or windos XP SP2 version from a diofferant computer I get the following errors on start up.    It will not load svc.dll, setupapi.dll, lassrv.dll, samsrv.dll and then it says windows has stopped loading setup to prevent damge to my computer.    I even tried putting in a new hard drive nad received the same errors.   So two hard drives two seperate operating system disks tried in every combination with the same errors each time.  Any help would be appreciated.   Thanks,  Kevin

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