Uninstall Windows XP Professional?

[Thelorax121]

I formatted my hard drive wrong (partitioned a 320gb to only 6gb ) when installing windows XP on my new PC (no previous OS), how to I either repartition the drive, or reinstall windows so I can repartition the drive? Thanks for the help!

 

[Inaris]

when you install windows, you can delete the partitions that are available before installing on the disk. I think the key is L or something like that... Just read through the prompts to do that.

 

[Ste]

reformat and reset partition, there are other partition programs out there i just don't remember names.

 

[Thelorax121]

If I reformat though, wont I lose WIndows?

 

[Thelorax121]

when you install windows, you can delete the partitions that are available before installing on the disk. I think the key is L or something like that... Just read through the prompts to do that.

Thats the problem though, I cant get to the regular BIOS install screen anymore. When I boot from the XP disc, it simply goes to my desktop.

 

[EricB]

use powermax in my signature to wipe the drive clean and then reinstall windows

 

[Thelorax121]

use powermax in my signature to wipe the drive clean and then reinstall windows

Will this work for a SATA drive, it says it doesnt on the maxtor website

 

[EricB]

Will this work for a SATA drive, it says it doesnt on the maxtor website

I don't know to be truthful.

 

[Ste]

if all there is on the drive is the os why not reformat anyways its not like ur losing anything.

 

[Thelorax121]

if all there is on the drive is the os why not reformat anyways its not like ur losing anything.

How would I do that, Ive googled formatting SATA hard drives, but nothing really useful showed up