laptop XP

[raf665]

hi guys..on my main computer i have windows XP home..i bought a lap top off ebay and fitted a 10 gig hardrive..i then put my windows XP disk in to load windows..everything went well and at the end i got a message saying contact microsoft to actuate windows.i did not know that my disk only covered one computer...i am now left with windows XP welcome....how do i remove windows XP so that i can reformat my hardrive.
cheers raf 665

 

[Hairy_Lee]

use the windows xp disk to format the drive

 

[dhaynes]

use the windows xp disk to format the drive

Restart your computer and boot from the Windows XP CD instead of from the hard drive. From there you should be able to format the drive.

 

[raf665]

still stuck..can't get past the welcome page....

 

[mattsprattuk]

change bios to make it boot from the cd