[ipldthefif]

Hey, I am trying to wipe my computer absolutely clean, I want a totally empty hard drive so I can just install everything back on.. how might I go about getting ride of the stuff on my hard drive including my operating system?

Thanks,
ipldthefif

[phillysteakandcheese]

If you are installing Window XP. You have the option to prepare the disk for installation. You can delete the existing disk partition(s) and re-create what you want. This website has a nice walk through of doing a clean install with WinXP: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[ScottGem]

You don't need a totally clean drive to start from scratch. A reformat is sufficient for that purpose. Without knowing what OS you plan on installing its hard to give further advice.

[dxviii]

Yes, Scott is right a re-format is all a man would need. And without knowing what OS you want it is hard to give further answers.

[ScottGem]

u replyed to my ? and u said i dont have to get ride of everything.. but what if thats what i want to do.. and the os i want to put on is wendows xp

I didn't say that. I said that, if you just want to reinstall everything from scratch, that a reformat is sufficient. If you are reinstalling XP, just insert the CD, and choose a fresh install. That will reformat the drive before installing. The reformat will clean your drive sufficiently for starting fresh.

[ipldthefif]

Hey I will defanantly keep you guys updated.. I am not in contact with the computer I'm doing this to its my friends but next time I work on it ill try this stuff and ill let you know how it goes.. thanks for all the help

[Davidmex]

There is also this program you can download it is called ez os install you can Google it or try it on any downloading program this is the easiest way to delete the partitions in your hard drive just download save it on a floppy. Insert floppy and erase hard drive