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T34m1nat0r · 06-30-2009, 10:34 PM

Hello all, I was trying to run my windows xp computer when the thing won't boot right. It will keep going to the loading screen, then go back to the very start of loading up the BIOS or whatever it does when you first turn it on.

Now, thankfully, I have another computer which is a very good vista. I have already hooked up the xp's sata hdd to it and it shows up and everything and I will get data from it after I find out this question:

What software do I need to use to reformat it (wipe it/whatever) get rid of everything on it so it is as good as new....BUT I do not have the recovery cd that came with the computer so I can't just wipe it and then recover it. I don't know what to do. Can someone tell me?

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T34m1nat0r New Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 14	Trying to Format 2nd Drive Hello all, I was trying to run my windows xp computer when the thing won't boot right. It will keep going to the loading screen, then go back to the very start of loading up the BIOS or whatever it does when you first turn it on. Now, thankfully, I have another computer which is a very good vista. I have already hooked up the xp's sata hdd to it and it shows up and everything and I will get data from it after I find out this question: What software do I need to use to reformat it (wipe it/whatever) get rid of everything on it so it is as good as new....BUT I do not have the recovery cd that came with the computer so I can't just wipe it and then recover it. I don't know what to do. Can someone tell me?