Alias <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> 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.

> You need the MazBlast FLOPPIES.

No you dont, the CD version is the same thing.

> Download them from Maxtor's site with another computer, make the floppies,
> boot the computer that you want to format with the floppy, let it install,
> follow directions. If you
> do a full format (zeros to disk), it will take hours and hours but
> everything will be gone. You can use these tools to partition as
> well, after the format. Once it's done, reboot to BIOS, set CDROM as first
> boot, stick the XP CD in, save and exit and begin the XP
> install. Once that's done, set the boot order back in the BIOS.