Why doesn't the Windows XP installer give me the option to format the hard disk?

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I'm trying to re-install Windows XP on my computer which only has 1 partition (C:). The problem comes up when there is no format option during the installation process.

I'd like to know how could I get the format option back, if anyone could point me to the solution I'd be grateful. Thanks in advance.

Itamar

Posted 2013-09-15T19:06:13.020

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Have you tried the option during the installation process where you delete the existing partition first? – Bon Gart – 2013-09-15T19:40:43.297

1more details please, are you trying to install xp using the windows installer or did you BOOT from cd? – Sickest – 2013-09-15T19:45:12.880

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Are you running the installer while Windows has booted? Make sure you're running the installer from the CD on boot and have your BIOS start-up settings configured such that the CD drive is at a higher boot priority.

The screen you should be looking for is the following, where you would hit D:

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root

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