Problem with partitioning -- How to format hard drive and reinstall Windows?

[Edward Dekkers]

peter wu wrote:
> Thanks for your kind reply, Eddie.
> 
> But as I said, I tried to boot from the Windows XP CD. I get the 
> following msg:
> 
> "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuraton..."
> 
> Then the computer hangs.
> 
> Also, I just wanted to install Linux, but booting with Linux 
> installation CD gave me an error saying "No Drives Found." The msg said 
> there was no valid device on which to create new file systems.
> 
> Any suggestion?
> 
> --peter

You've been getting a lot of good answers, and I'm about to add another one.

Get yourself a hold of the ultimate boot cd (www.ultimatebootcd.com).

It will boot a screwed PC, you can then do almost anything you want (it 
has an incredible amount of tools on the CD).

I'd grab a disk wiper utility, and tell it to zap the disk.

Regards,
Ed.
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