I have a 30GB slave i want to format, how do i do that? I'm running Windows 2000.Right clik My COMPUTER and SELECT Manage....then Disk Management. Right clik the drive and select format... Make sure to select the CORRECT one.Okay, i'm doing a clean install. So also how can i format my OS drive?Boot to the Win2K CD and delete/re-create the partition...then format and you're good to go.