Hi, I haven't used xp for a while, so I may be a bit rusty here, but can you
not right click the 'D' drive and proceed to format? (I think the option
will either be there in the drop down list or in properties.)
That should get rid of everything on there.
I'm sure you can do that with xp the same as with other o/s's.

HTH
Michele Sayer



How to boot directly to DOS on a Win XP Pro machine?

Installed a new C: drive and installed new copy of Win XP there.  Moved old
HDD to D: in the same machine, and the old installation of Win XP is there
also. Want to use the D: drive ONLY for data storage, and get rid of the old
Win XP thereon.  I've been able to do that except for the 'Documents and
Settings' folder.  If simply try to delete d:\documents and settings from
the new XP environment, it says 'access denied.' So I suspect I'll have to
boot directly into DOS to get around this.

Can anyone tell me how to do this?

Thanks!





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