xp clean install
 

im trying to do an xp clean install. i booted from cd and i cant make a new partition because theres not enough room, and i cant delete the partition thats on there already because it says the windows cd is using it for temporary files.

whats the best way to do a clean install?

r u sure it's not an upgrade...... u will have to format the drive before installing (fdisk/all) how big is the drive???

yeah i made sure i selected "new install". how do i run fdisk? its 40 gigs i believe

When you do the install it asks you what partition to use and supplies an option to delete and recreate the partition. I have done literally hundreds of xp installs just follow the instructions.. If it doesnt offer this than its an upgrade version.

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I reread your post.. I have never seen it say its using the disk before you got some fucked up shit.. Best you should use an xp boot floppy with a copy of fdisk and format.. Thats weird shit.

format c:

i got it, i tried manually deleting everything from windows and trying it again and it worked. thanks everyone for the help, except cosis.

ur not out of the woods yet