Format procedure to Format Drive that has XP

Hi Guys
Tried Formatting a hard Drive that has had Win XP on it using a windows 98
Format disk, But it wont format as it is a different operating system. I
cant find Format.exe or Format.com in any folder of XP so where is it
Hidden. or is there another program that will do it.
I dont want to reinstall XP, all I want is a Formatted Drive for storage.
Cheers and Ta

 

Assuming you have winxp format in Disk Management
If you are trying to format your winxp drive, boot from winxp cd and format
there.

 

you have to format non FAT32 drive windows xp isnt fat32 it is ntfs .. it
can be done with ur windows 98 disk

 

Hi
In My Computer Right Click The Drive you want to format
and choose" format "

Chas

 

In Ockerr spewed forth:

Are you planning on using that drive with Windows 98? If so, you have to
(with XP disk management, I think) reformat as FAT32. If you are running XP
and that's all you will be using the drive with, then format it as NTFS with
XP disk management. Here's the scoop from MS:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309000

 

Its called format.com

 

You cannot format a drive like C: while in use Chas

 

Thanks Guys
Your info has done the Job.

Cheers

 

Not neccesarily - XP uses both FAT32 and NTFS