Problem: I need to totally wipe the version of Windows I have on the first partition. The second partition has all the rest and is called D. Can I format D [do you mean C?] and have it leave D alone with the fdisk tool. Thankyou. Rick Rick: Presuming you meant format C, not D, the answer is yes. I don't know what you mean by fdisk. Your hdd is already partitioned, so don't need fdisk? (You could if you wanted, use fdisk to partition D, but then you'd lose everything on D. You could repartition D with little loss of programs if you used a program like Partition Magic.) A note: I believe you'll still have to reinstall your D drive programs, as the will have no registry support from the reinstall Windows registry. On the plus side, reinstalling your programs over the top of the old ones should keep all your programs and data in their present organziation and order. jack payton PCBUILD's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>