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Hello all, I have a computer running XP service pack 1, with a WD Raptor 10k RPM 72Gb HD.My problem is...I was doing some uninstalling of old programs(mainly games and photo/movie editing apps), and when I went to restart the computer, it got past BIOS and came up with the Windows loading screen, where a popup came up saying "Windows could not launch as file "WINNT......" was not found. Please install this file to continue". Long story short I have to reinstall XP. But, my XP disc and auth. key were lost in the fires in October. So now I think I need to reformat my hard drive and start from scratch with a new copy of XP(while it is still available). How do I format this hard drive when I cannot get into Windows? Is there something in the BIOS I can use? Or do I have to fiddle with 'jumping' the pins on the back of the drive?Any help is appreciated! Thanksray: