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Re: Problems reformatting Windows XP

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Yes, it normally reccommends NTFS for drives over 2GB, correct me if i'm wrong. So something is possibly wrong. But dont Dell put a special recovery partition on their systems so you can restore your system?
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Re: Problems reformatting Windows XP

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yes they normally do but u can clear all partition and install you own operating system, however if u are trying to do a restore if that partition is missing it would not work.

i have formated a windows me dell pc and put xp on it and it runs fine, juts had to the dell site to get the drivers,
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