xp format

[Soloman02]

hi, i want to format my drive since it has been almost a year since i installed winxp, and i have a lot of spyware that i cannot get rid of ( i use adaware and spybot, and have used norton av) i backed up everything and am ready to go. but, i have no floppy( never bothered to reinstall it after i switched cases) is there any way to format a drive with xp without a floppy drive? I can't seem to find my floppy cable, and don't want to buy one since it would be pointless to do so.

 

[ATIRAGEPRO]

"Warriors of XP..."

I'm not shure i folow.. But for what it's worth, right clicking on the CD icon and choosing 'Explore',should give you acces to the inside of your CD. There should be a setup APP in there...

PS: PLEASE KEEP POSTING...

 

[Soloman02]

well i found a floppy cable, not sure if it works, but i will let you guys know.

 

[Soloman02]

well, i used the cable, put a boot disk in, and used fdisk to delete everything. then i put the cd in and made a new partition reformated. then installed a fresh copy of winxp

 

[..>Lost<..]

how can I make a boot disk for xp?

 

[zerozero]

XP CD is bootable. You don't need a boot disk if you set your boot-up priority to boot from your CD before your HDD in BIOS.

 

[beedubaya]

There are so many posts about this subject, its hard to believe so many people don't know the XP CD is bootable!

 

[Oddsk8er]

For some reason my XP cd isn't bootable.....

 

[zerozero]

Most likely, it's your BIOS setup and not the CD. Make sure that the boot order puts CD before HDD.

 

[Kangaroo]

Go into BIOS and change to boot up sequence to check your CD-ROM first. Also you must enable other boot devices.

To create an MS-DOS boot floppy just right-click your floppy drive icon and select format. Then select Create MS-DOS boot disk.