hard time reformating hard drive

[lssp]

im haveing hard time with this im looking for a good hard drive format program.im useing xp pro bete and wand to dump it i have a 64 bit board and a Seagate ata hard dive.whats the best format to use other the windows?

 

[HarryWild]

Well, you have alot of choices here is list:

1) All the utility programs supply a formatting program like Nortons and their competitors.

2) Shareware also has some. Might want check Download.com

3) IBM.MS DOS program diskettes

4) I believe that you can download the OEM hard drive utilties that are in the retail kits to do the hard drive fdisk partitioning and I think it also format the drive too.

5) The retail box version of Windows XP automatically formats while installing. No formatting is needed. OEM version needs drive to be formatted before it can install itself.

Hope this helpful!

 

[WWinter]

How do you install XP on a machine running 2000 so you don't end up with both operating systems. My copy say it is for systems not running windows or for windows 95 and earlier.

Thanks

 

[bcastner]

Run the free Seagate software to clean, format and partition your drive:

http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/utils.html

You should also read this FAQ on OEM license copies of XP: Should you purchase an OEM license version of XP? faq779-4004