hard drive reboot

[ben88]

how do you reboot your hard drive, i want to wipe every thing clean as i have ammassed so much crap.

[Ian FG]

ben88 don't even think about it.....you mean format not reboot, buy a book would be my advice. Why not live with the Windows insatallation you have and give your hard drive a good clean up?

[Ian FG]

insatallation? Jesus

[Newt]

insatallation

 

Errr - is that Brit for installation?

 

[Ian FG]

Don't you just love reading your own posts and finding spelling mistakes? Same goes for emails, especially important ones, like job applications etc. :mad:

[FearTheHands]

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how do you reboot your hard drive, i want to wipe every thing clean as i have ammassed so much crap.

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Formatting (not rebooting) you hard drive is very straight forward. What is vital though is that you have made a backup up of all the files you need & more importantly that you have all of the drivers/software for all of your hardware (printers, scanners etc)

 

If you are (re)installing XP, then you also need to make sure your machine is setup to boot from a CD ROM.

 

Do a search on google about formatting & reinstalling before you go ahead.

[Guest Ferret1959]

ben88:

how do you reboot your hard drive, i want to wipe every thing clean as i have ammassed so much crap.

Why not just buy a new hard drive?

They are cheap now and when it's up n running transfer the bits you want from your old drive.

Format the old one when you have finished and you have a spare drive for emergencies.

[ben88]

i dont really want to transfer anything other than a few images and mp3 files because of virus on my harddrive.

[chesters1]

get rid of the virus

[Ian FG]

ben88...remember that as soon as you hit that Format button you lose all contact with us....where there's life there's hope