hi all!!
i need to format my computer.please provide me detailed steps for formatting computer.
thanks in advance
jesmi
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Insert the Windows XP Professional CD into the CD-ROM drive and reboot your machine.
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When the Welcome to Setup screen appears, press Enter.
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Review the Licensing Agreement, and if you find it acceptable, press F8.
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Follow the instructions to delete all existing disk partitions. The exact steps will differ based on the number and type of partitions already on the computer. Continue to delete partitions until all disk space is labeled as Unpartitioned space.
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When all disk space is labeled as Unpartitioned space, press C to create a partition in the unpartitioned space on the first disk drive (as applicable).
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After the New (Unformatted) partition is created, press Enter.
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Select Format the partition using the NTFS file system <Quick>, and then press Enter.
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In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, make changes required for your locale (typically, none are required for the United States), and then click Next.
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On the Personalize Your Software screen, type Christine Koch in the Name box. In the Organization box, type Contoso, and then click Next to continue.
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Enter the Product Key (located on the back of your Windows XP Professional CD case) in the text boxes provided. Click Next to continue.
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On the Computer Name and Administrator Password screen, enter the Computer name as HQ-CON-WRK-01. If this is not the first workstation you have added to the domain, use the naming conventions detailed at the beginning of this document.
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Leave the Administrator password blank, and then click Next.
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Best Practice: To facilitate the step-by-step guides, the Administrator password is intentionally left blank—that is, there is no password. This is not an acceptable security practice. When installing a workstation in a production environment, a password should always be set.
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Adjust the Date and Time Settings as necessary, and then click Next. Setup installs the networking components; this may take a few minutes.
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On the Network Settings screen, click Next to accept the Typical settings. This will configure the workstation to request a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) assigned Internet Protocol (IP) address from an appropriate server.
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On the Workgroup or Computer Domain screen, select No, this computer is not on a network (default), and then click OK. This workstation will be connected to the domain in the next section.
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After Setup has completed, click Finish to reboot the computer
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steps 5 to 7 might be different for you, you most likely won't want to delete the partition just format it.
good luck
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