Forever_Hatter
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Hi Guys,
Whats the best way if any to wipe the whole computer and re-start from scratch?
Ie wanting to wipe all programs...o/s and hard drive completly?
Cheers
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drax
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whack in a xp disk, boot from CD, reformat the partition(s)
install xp quick NTFS format
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topshot_2k
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insert xp and away u go
[Edited on 09-11-2006 by topshot_2k]
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abdus
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killdisk:
http://www.killdisk.com/
but a normal format should be fine 
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Russ
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quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
insert xp and away u go
[Edited on 09-11-2006 by topshot_2k]
thats no help...
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Forever_Hatter
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Just found out no disc 
so thats fooked it...Not sure what to do now really
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Russ
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buy one.
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topshot_2k
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
insert xp and away u go
[Edited on 09-11-2006 by topshot_2k]
thats no help...
Why not??? with XP all you need to do is insert disk and boot from CD, putting a fresh copy on the HDD, setup partitions etc. its not hard
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John
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How would somebody that doesn't know much about computers have a clue what it meant when a screen came up asking about partitions, or the difference between fat and ntfs?
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ed
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You don't have a choice about formatting to FAT32 when installing XP do you? Thought it was NTFS only...
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John
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Depends on the disc i've found.
I'm not sure where the option that changes it is, probably depends on winnt.sif settings on the disc but there is definitely an option for it there.
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Cavey
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The disc that i use gives you the choice of formatting partitions to FAT or NTFS
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topshot_2k
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every step has a recommended by the option you should choose, its not hard
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Teknologikal
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quote:
Originally posted by John
How would somebody that doesn't know much about computers have a clue what it meant when a screen came up asking about partitions, or the difference between fat and ntfs?
If they don't know that then I wouldn't recommend attempting to reformat anyway....
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