How Do You Format A Laptop HP Pavilion DV1000 With Windows XP?
There are many reasons for wanting to format your HP Pavilion’s hard drive; everything from simple transferring of ownership to the existing operating system being so broken that a reformat and reinstall is the only way to get it working again. Formatting an HP Pavilion DV1000’s hard drive will completely erase all the information stored on the drive, reverting it back to “unused space” that is ready to have a fresh operating system installed on it. Fortunately for the average computer user, formatting a hard drive can be accomplished through the Windows XP install process. Turn on your HP Pavilion and immediately place the Windows XP install disk into the laptop’s CD tray. Close the CD tray and press a key when prompted to enter the Windows XP setup program. If you do not see the message “Press any key to boot from CD” before your operating system begins to load, reboot your computer. Choose “Install Windows XP” when asked what you would like to do, then press “F8” to accept the end u
