As far as I know the procedure would be the same, since both are using 
WinXP.
If you are trying to format a drive that the system is currently running on, 
I don't think you would be successful.  If you have the WinXP installation 
disk, you can go through the procedure of reloading XP and during that 
procedure it will ask if you want to repartition and or reformat the 
partition(s).

I'm not sure just what you want to format, so you have a rather "open" 
question.  Are you adding a drive? Or do you want to format the drive which 
the system is currently booting from?

William
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Subject: [PCBUILD] formatting HD's


> Could someone please tell me is the formatting procedure of the HD   the 
> same
> on a Compaq (Win XP) as it would be on a Dell (Win  XP).   Harriet
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