hadi motamedi a écrit : > Dear All > I want to install win xp on my centos machine . Can you please let me > know how can I reformat a partition to ntfs? 1) Insert CentOS install CD until you come to the first screen. 2) Open virtual console : Alt+F2 3) # shred -vzn 65536 /dev/hda 4) Watch messages scroll by. Wait until it's finished (important), then post here to tell us the results. Good luck, Niki Kovacs