Yes... the XP install disk has software to allow you to partition your drive
and then install XP on the partition you select. It also allows you to
format the partion(s) in NTFS or the older FAT systems.

You could then go back and install another OS (like DOS) on any of the other
available partitions.

-W



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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I was given a eMachines T-1120 that had a ton of spyware, corrupted
files, yada, yada, yada. I want to wipe the drive, install a
partition for DOS and reinstall XP on a clean drive.


First off XP does not use the DOS system - it uses something called
NFTS.

You need to wipe and reload the OS - you can get a copy of the
necessary files from bootdisk.com that will fire up the floppy drive
and let you go thru thru the steps of reformatting - you just need to
do some reading on NFTS.

I haven't done this in a while, but doesn't a full version of the XP CD
offer the option of erasing the entire HD, in much the same way as if
you'd
done it via the format command?