wiping a drive

mel d · 30 May 2010 at 09:42

hi, i have a pc with 2 drives 1 with w7 1 with xp i think its more than time too wipe/format the xp hdd but when i try to it asks for xp disk and i cant find it anywhere.any way around it ?

Sharpedge · 30 May 2010 at 09:46

How are you going about trying to format the xp drive, did you perhaps use a dual boot for w7 and xp.

mel d · 30 May 2010 at 09:58

yes had xp on old hdd and when upgraded bought new hdd for w7.on start up ask which t use

spirits247 · 30 May 2010 at 10:12

Which is your boot drive - the one with XP on or the one with W7?

Sharpedge · 30 May 2010 at 10:15

When you boot up does the system ask you if you would like to boot into w7 or xp? I don't think the system will let you format a drive if it thinks it's a system drive. Try to just delete all the content from the drive drive first, then format it.

mel d · 30 May 2010 at 10:41

boot into earlier version of windows
or windows7
but it's selected to auto pick w7,but thinking about it the old will be system hdd.so delete all then format.