yes i know, but...

[mastapowerful]

okay i awit the egg in face but please help me before you codemn my snoul. i am currently running on windows me, which now for some reason is completely messed up and has alot of important program files missing, so now i want to make the switch to windows XP (finally, a reason) but i don't know how to do it exactly
my c: has a whole 9gb and my d: has a whopping 5gb, now i want to completely wipe windows me and everything off of c: drive and install XP there instead, i have a downloaded version of XP which will work but when i tried to install it said i shouldn't put it on the same partition as ME, i don't know how to get rid of ME and i don't want to put XP on d: drive... can you help? did i make sense?

mucho lovo

[Kyle06]

him yes that did make sense ok what you need to do is get to DOS to do this all you have to do is to go to start turn off computer and hit log off into dos mode then type in


Format C:

put yes then boom all of drive c is gone and all you have to do is put in windows xp and start the download...Tell me if you need more help


EDIT: Remember all of your files will be gone please back them up useing floppys or a cd burner....And it will take a few minutes for it to format c but once it is gone you can start to download xp.

[metale]

I have no idea about ME.... but.... you could try "format c:"........

or the thing is that you don't wanna loose your files??
sorry i din't undertand it well...

:mellow

[Kyle06]

or you can do that i am pretty sure that will work considering I have done it before but go ahead and look it up if you want just to be on the safe side.....:angel

[Ken17625]

Whatever you do, and what ever advice you follow, take to heart one thing.

Back up your data (files, things you created/downloaded, etc. Anything important to you).

[crackerjacker]

hmm
you dont want anything on your hard drive then.
well before you take the advice of others and format your hard drive why dont you insert the winxp cd into your cdrom drive and see if your computer at least meets the minimum requirements before you format your hard drive.

if after your computer meets the requirements then i suggest you go to google.com
and type in these keywords to research how to format your harddrive before you do it.
You may need to have a boot disk as well.
use these keywords when you search at google.com

format harddrive + xp

here is a good site to go to. it will help you get answers to questions you might have regarding the different ways to format and install different versions of windows operating systems.
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/install/tips/
later

[p00n1s]

formatting is easy enough when installing xp. boot up off the cd, and sometime in the install process, the installer gives you the option of formatting your hard drive.

[Winphuk]

Another way to do it is to boot to dos and run F disk. Delete the C: partition, create a new one and format.
What you can also do is just leave ME on there, put the Xp cd rom in the drive and chose "clean install" instead of "upgrade".
That should wipe out the crappy ME.

[The Hunter]

http://www.pcpitstop.com/xpready/default.asp
This is a good test to see if your pc is ready for xp.

[mastapowerful]

gee tanx,
now i have one more question. i just intalled XP on d: o i could navigate properly, when i tried to run "format c:" it asks for "volume label for c: drive" i don't know what to tell them here, what do i do now? it ays something about FAT32, i have never intalled an OS before and i am a skinny23

[mastapowerful]

help. i am running XP on my d: drive now but it won't let me format c: drive. i figured out tht the volume label was "LOCAL DISK" then it aid something about forcing OMETHING SO I SAID YES BUT C: DRIVE STILL HAS EVERYTHING THERe. what do i do to free up my c: drive, bear in mind i have no disk for windows ME (on c:) as it came pre-installed. help help help

[mastapowerful]

*sniffle* no one can help? i want to erae everything off of my c: drive

[Winphuk]

Boot to Windows XP. Right click my computer -> manage.
Disk management will open up. Right click the C partition and chose to delete it. Then Create a new partition and format.

[Sandcrab]

I did the same thing on a friends PC.

You now have XP on your D Drive and still have ME on the C Drive - Correct ?

And you don't want ME on your PC - Correct ?

Also, did you back up all the C Drive files that you want to keep ? Never mind the D Drive files, as they are probably all gone now.