One other suggestion. Before doing the reformat go into Device Manager via
System Properties and either write down or print out all of the listings
found there.
This can be very helpful when trying to figure out what needs to be
reinstalled.
Bob J.
Guam U.S.A.
At05:45 AM 9/4/2005, Pete Holsberg wrote the following message:
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>Carl Houseman wrote:
>
>>To allow for other programs, updates, service packs, and free space for
>>defrag to work with, I'd allocate at least 8 GB to an XP system partition...
>>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=322014
>>
>>Carl
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Pete Holsberg
>>Subject: Reformatting HD
>>
>>I'm just curious as to what you all have done.
>>
>>I'm going to format and reinstall Windows XP Pro on a Dell 8400 that has
>>a hidden partition for drivers, I guess...
>
>--
>Pete Holsberg
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