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Complete hard drive format


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Phil g

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Hi,

I want to do a complete format of my hard drive, but i have tried everything i can think of , and still cant do it ( but to be honest, i`m not very skilled).

My computer is running windows xp pro.
I only have 2 identical hard drives , rigged as 2+0 Raid ( so, windows only sees one disk).

I want to completely erase what is on the hard drive , and also change OS - I have the old OS CD and the new one.

Can anyone help me?
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austin_o

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You need to enter the bios, change boot order to boot to cd 1st, then boot to the os install cd, then format the drive and install.
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