Razz Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 Could somebody please tell me how i would go about completely wiping my computer, in order to be able to restore windows xp again and start over? I know this was possible with windows 200 and 1998 but windows xp system restore sucks. thanks
triforce_keeper Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 Well your pc should have come with a cd or a floppy which restores your computer back to factory settings. You just boot from your recovery cd/floppy. If you don't have one of these there is a way of doing it yourself but unfortunately I don't know how to do that but im sure someone else on here will ^^
*Dalco* Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 there is a way to do it as i did it a few months back i found a walkthrough on the net, i'll try to find the link for you as i forgot to bookmark it found it, this is the best thing i could find when i did it though someone may no a better method http://www.cyberwalker.net/faqs/reinstall-reformat-winxp/index.html#reinstallxp select question 1
Ramar Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 Format your hard drive. Boot your pc with your windows disc in, delete the partitions, create new partitions. Chose the partition to install windows onto. Thats the basics, I remember the first time I did it I found a walkthrough on the microsoft website, it gave step by step instructions and made it very clear what to do.
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