1. Formatting a hard drive deletes everything that is on that drive. It is very important to back up the drive if there’s anything that you need or want saved. Also, you’ll need to have the discs or ...

I have windows xp Prof edition, i want to format my HD clean and restart, used to doing it with windows 98 boot up disk and just typing format c:/s but it doesnt work PLEASE HELP ...

I'm changing a HDD on a Compaq machine (from the original 30GB to a used 160GB Barracuda) and during the XP setup phase, it's taking an unusually long time to perform an HD format (not quick format) ...