Re: reformat

On 02/23/2011 09:51 PM, Graeme wrote:
I have two hard drives c:\ and f:\. I am having problems with several
progagrams and need to reinstall XP. My question is will it format just
the c;\ or will it format both drives. Thanks in advance.



So long and thanks for all the fish



Rather than reinstall XP I suggest you fix the problem



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