Window XP Question

Don't use the quick format if you want a good cleaning. A quick format takes the master boot record and formats it... essentially everything is lost from the MBR and you need to reinstall XP and all your programs and data.

A normal format takes the drive and formats the whole of it -- the bigger the drive, the longer it takes.

Here's an ms kb article on winxp formatting. since you already have xp on the drive it has already been formatted so go ahead and use quick format:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q302686&ID=KB;EN-US;Q302686

remove anyspaces.

DrBob:>)