Reformatting A HD

[Uzumaki Naruto]

ok my comps is running kinda slow and i need to know hwo to reforamat a hd bc i did about every possible thing i could to get it to run smoother and reformating the hd was my only option so i need help on how to reformat a hd so if anyone can help plz do and thanks in advance.

[-ANBU-Sasuke-]

Not sure but run a search on google or something about it.

[Munsu]

This is what i usually do...

i first put the OS software cd on the cd-rom...

then i enter the CMOS if not mistaken (in my pc i have to hit delete while the computer is reading the ram while starting up)

in there i look for the option of booting device and i choose the primary booting device the cd-rom... then when the computer starts up it will read the cd-rom first and it's a matter of following instructions...

There's probably an easier way of doing it, but this is how i like to do it...

[Munsu]

Well, I didnt mean to install the OS over the previous one... when you use my method it will give you an option to format the hard disk and then install the OS...

Anyways... your way is better... i forgot that i used to have a boot disk to format the the hard disk... havent formatted in a while and i usually am with my computer genious friend that helps me out in case something goes wrong

[littlecooldude]

Well you guys are right. I do this at least once a week so here's the method I got going.

Boot Order:
Floppy
CDROM
Hardrive

1)Insert your windows cd. Be it 98 or xp doesn't matter
2)When it says, "Hit anykey to boot from cd" (or something similar) Hit anykey
3)Now let it load. When it is done, you do NOT want to repair, you just want to install
4)Now it will list your current partitions. Delete all that you see.
Now create a new partition, NTFS being the better of the choices if your given one.
5)It will format it and away it goes.
6)Have fun, post if you have problems.