Partitions and Windows problem

dragons · #1 07-23-2005, 02:43 PM

I'am trying to install a new installation and XP shows one drive with a partition with enough space to install but I select it and the XP caution me of another OS on this drive I've tried to format it but it will not let me. Don't know what to do now. Please help

blinky54 · #2 07-23-2005, 03:05 PM

Sounds like you will have to zero out your hard drive. You can use Kill Disk which is free and can be gotten here http://www.killdisk.com/. Before using make sure you backup any files on cd before using.

dragons · #3 07-23-2005, 03:16 PM

The computer is not on the internet as of yet. question is if I get Kill Disk will it kill this computers disk or will I be able to copy it and put it on the other computer without hurting this one?

blinky54 · #4 07-24-2005, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by dragons

The computer is not on the internet as of yet. question is if I get Kill Disk will it kill this computers disk or will I be able to copy it and put it on the other computer without hurting this one?

You're not going to harm the hard drive in any way, you're just going to make it blank (as if you never had an OS on hard drive) so that you can reinstall XP. As mentioned before backup any files you may want before using Kill Disk.