In Windows 2000 and XP, all the required utilities for partitioning and formatting disks are built-in, in the installation CD. You don't need separate command-line utilities. However, I don't remember the exact details.
Be sure to try formatting for NTFS, since it gives you some very neat options, not available in FAT32. For example, very small clusters; compress individual files or folders (access is transparent); protect access to individual folders.
>I need to install Win XP Pro on a PC which has Win 98. I want to format the drive first and then install XP. It has been long time since I have done and want to be sure that the following will do it:
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>Or is there a different procedure?
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>TIA.
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