Look at step 5 at http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/InstallXPHome/installxphome1.htm and see how we use the XP installer to remove and create partitions. The next steps show XP formatting the drive for us.
Anyone who formats a drive before installing XP is asking for install trouble.
Why do this?
Bob
I would like to format my hard drive. I am currently running WinXP and want to put WinXP back on when I format. I know when you first install XP it wants you to register so you can use XP. If you re-install using the same XP disk will you have a problem when you register? (ie Microsoft telling you that that XP disk has already been registerd)

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