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Answer» I have a desktop that i would like to reformat the hardrive on. When i purchased my desktop, it already has windows xp installed and came with no xp CD, i have the cod sticker on the side with the product key on it but I need guidance on how to reformat without the xp CD can someone please help me?Format, and what? You'll need some Windows installed, won't you? You need Windows CD. You may be able to work around this problem, if your computer came with Recovery Partition.sorry, I looked on the forums and kinda got lost. I hit f10 to do a recovery and it was successful it reinstalled windows, but i wanted to reformat my hardrive. is there anything ELSE i should do?You want to format HD without reinstalling Windows, or what?I want to reformat and REINSTALL windows. You just said: Quote it was successful it reinstalled windows I restarted my computer and hit F10 and a recovery program started and it gave me one OPTION. I proceeded with that option and it reinstalled windows but it did not completley reformat my desktop?It did.If you want to reformat using a valid key, and reactivate it, you'll have to use original windows xp setup cd. Otherwise you wouldn't get an original windows installed on your desktop. purchasing a new original windows xp setup cd is the only solution. Quote from: revolver1001 on October 17, 2008, 09:22:07 PM I want to reformat and reinstall windows. All you need bootable CD (MS-DOS).Listen to Broni...if you re-installed XP the drive was formatted. Quote from: patio on October 18, 2008, 07:32:48 AM Listen to Broni...if you re-installed XP the drive was formatted. Without XP CD How is it possible Quote from: jugalboro on October 18, 2008, 07:52:52 AM Quote from: patio on October 18, 2008, 07:32:48 AM Listen to Broni...if you re-installed XP the drive was formatted. Without XP CD How is it possible There are alot of ways it's possible... Please re-read the thread from the beginning so you know what advice to be giving... Quote from: patio on October 18, 2008, 08:16:29 AM Quote from: jugalboro on October 18, 2008, 07:52:52 AM Quote from: patio on October 18, 2008, 07:32:48 AM Listen to Broni...if you re-installed XP the drive was formatted. Without XP CD How is it possible There are alot of ways it's possible... Please re-read the thread from the beginning so you know what advice to be giving... Sorry Friend, My eye always go for SHORTCUT. keep gooing....Let's wait for more feedback from the OP...

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I have a desktop that i would like to reformat the hardrive on. When i purchased my desktop, it already has windows xp installed and came with no xp CD, i have the cod sticker on the side with the product key on it but I need guidance on how to reformat without the xp CD can someone please help me?Format, and what?
You'll need some Windows installed, won't you? You need Windows CD.
You may be able to work around this problem, if your computer came with Recovery Partition.sorry, I looked on the forums and kinda got lost. I hit f10 to do a recovery and it was successful it reinstalled windows, but i wanted to reformat my hardrive. is there anything ELSE i should do?You want to format HD without reinstalling Windows, or what?I want to reformat and REINSTALL windows. You just said: Quote

it was successful it reinstalled windows

I restarted my computer and hit F10 and a recovery program started and it gave me one OPTION. I proceeded with that option and it reinstalled windows but it did not completley reformat my desktop?It did.If you want to reformat using a valid key, and reactivate it, you'll have to use original windows xp setup cd. Otherwise you wouldn't get an original windows installed on your desktop. purchasing a new original windows xp setup cd is the only solution. Quote from: revolver1001 on October 17, 2008, 09:22:07 PM

I want to reformat and reinstall windows.

All you need bootable CD (MS-DOS).Listen to Broni...if you re-installed XP the drive was formatted. Quote from: patio on October 18, 2008, 07:32:48 AM

Listen to Broni...if you re-installed XP the drive was formatted.

Without XP CD How is it possible Quote from: jugalboro on October 18, 2008, 07:52:52 AM

Quote from: patio on October 18, 2008, 07:32:48 AM
Listen to Broni...if you re-installed XP the drive was formatted.

Without XP CD How is it possible

There are alot of ways it's possible...

Please re-read the thread from the beginning so you know what advice to be giving... Quote from: patio on October 18, 2008, 08:16:29 AM

Quote from: jugalboro on October 18, 2008, 07:52:52 AM
Quote from: patio on October 18, 2008, 07:32:48 AM
Listen to Broni...if you re-installed XP the drive was formatted.

Without XP CD How is it possible

There are alot of ways it's possible...

Please re-read the thread from the beginning so you know what advice to be giving...

Sorry Friend, My eye always go for SHORTCUT. keep gooing....Let's wait for more feedback from the OP...

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