Delete XP Boot Partition for Clean Install

Robert J. Rando wrote:

I need to do a clean install of XP due to a virus. I want to preferably
delete the partition that XP is currently installed, or at the very least
re-format it. The HD currently has 3 partitions and the other 2 are almost
full. I've booted to my Maxtor MaxBlast CD and tried doing it that way but
it's not working.

Robert, here's the correct link for a clean install, sorry about that.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Dixonian69 wrote:

Robert said he wasnts a "Clean Install" not 'repair install'.

you gradded the wrong link, I think!!

"Rock" wrote:

Robert J. Rando wrote:

I need to do a clean install of XP due to a virus. I want to preferably
delete the partition that XP is currently installed, or at the very least
re-format it. The HD currently has 3 partitions and the other 2 are almost
full. I've booted to my Maxtor MaxBlast CD and tried doing it that way but
it's not working.

Boot from the XP CD. It has all the tools you need to do delete the old
partition, format and install. See this link for info on how to do the
installation:

http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Sure did, thanks for catching that.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Robert J. Rando wrote:

I need to do a clean install of XP due to a virus.

Formatting the hard drive to solve a virus or spyware problem is
rather like using an axe to trim one's fingernails. Sure, it'll
probably get the job done, but it's rather messy, and almost always
unnecessary.

I want to preferably
delete the partition that XP is currently installed, or at the very least
re-format it. The HD currently has 3 partitions and the other 2 are almost
full.

However, if that's what you want to do:

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot
devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/c...stall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

I've booted to my Maxtor MaxBlast CD and tried doing it that way but
it's not working.

You're fortunate. If you've data on the other two partitions that you
want to preserve, don't use MaxBlast - I've lost count of the number of
hard drives and partitions that software has trashed, over the years.



Bruce Chambers

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Bruce,

Normally I would agree 100%. I've been dealing with a LSASS.EXE problem for
1 week now. Auto shutdown after 10 minutes. Booted system with McAfee boot
disk with latest virus definition and cleaned 455 files infected with W32
and Sasser virus (result of kids download install of a program). Did a
repair install 2x with XP slipstreamed with SP2 but problem still persists.
I've wasted the better part of the week trying to recover and have finally
given in to the dreaded "clean install".

Bob

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Robert J. Rando wrote:

I need to do a clean install of XP due to a virus.

Formatting the hard drive to solve a virus or spyware problem is

rather like using an axe to trim one's fingernails. Sure, it'll probably
get the job done, but it's rather messy, and almost always
unnecessary.

Robert J. Rando wrote:

(result of kids download
install of a program).

Since you don't take it seriously, just wipe the drive and reinstall.