Okay - so how do you go about wiping EVERYTHING on the PC?
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Now we got the new PC set up and running downstairs, I'm thinking I might just completely wipe this PC (old shitty thing that it is) and start over completely new and install XP that came with the new one (I guess you can do that right? Got the XP start up CD, so should be able to install that on this PC right?)
So how do I actually go about wiping everything on this PC, including operating system (Win 98 SE) and starting a fresh?
So how do I actually go about wiping everything on this PC, including operating system (Win 98 SE) and starting a fresh?
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make a dos boot disc with the format command on it and fdisk command aswell
boot from this disk then when u get a command prompt type "fdisk c:\" without the "" bits tho. follow the instructions and then format the disk - the lot is wiped
or if you want to do a really nasty format, go into the bios menu and do a "low level format" on the disk - altho this is only reccomended if thereeare failed sectors and clusters on the drive.
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boot from this disk then when u get a command prompt type "fdisk c:\" without the "" bits tho. follow the instructions and then format the disk - the lot is wiped
or if you want to do a really nasty format, go into the bios menu and do a "low level format" on the disk - altho this is only reccomended if thereeare failed sectors and clusters on the drive.
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when you turn the pc on, about 2 seconds after keep pressing the "delete" key - this will take you into the BIOS menu - look round in there untill you find something that says "low level format HD" and click yes :P
that gets rid of the lot
that gets rid of the lot
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Right, if you want to put Windows XP back on it, then load the xp disc into the drive, and then restart the pc, it should boot off the cd, during the 1st steps it ask's you if you want to format the drive, to which you say "YES".
The data recovery software I have here can recover data even after 10 low level dos formats
The data recovery software I have here can recover data even after 10 low level dos formats
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kmatt, do what dan says.. by far the simplest option! everything else people are suggesting are the LOOOOOONG ass ways of doin it ![Surprised](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/bigcry.gif)
ps you can do what dan says on 2K and XP
but if youre putting win98 back on then you need to do it by hand...
my personalpreference is to run FDISK.EXE in dos and take option 4 to remove partition (making the drive effectively blank as far as the PC is concerned) then run 98 setup... durting the process it will re-partition and format the drive for you anyway
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ps you can do what dan says on 2K and XP
but if youre putting win98 back on then you need to do it by hand...
my personalpreference is to run FDISK.EXE in dos and take option 4 to remove partition (making the drive effectively blank as far as the PC is concerned) then run 98 setup... durting the process it will re-partition and format the drive for you anyway
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Originally Posted by Jim Galbally
but if youre putting win98 back on then you need to do it by hand...
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Taps - feck off
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So Jim/Dan - are you saying that I don't need to delete the HDD first, just load in the XP disk and boot up, and choosing the option to "format" it will remove everything and then install XP as the OS?
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So Jim/Dan - are you saying that I don't need to delete the HDD first, just load in the XP disk and boot up, and choosing the option to "format" it will remove everything and then install XP as the OS?
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and install XP that came with the new one (I guess you can do that right? Got the XP start up CD, so should be able to install that on this PC right?)
Plus, depending how old your PC is, it may not be happy running XP.
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then it will ask you if you want to remove the partition, say yes and follow the onscreen prompts.
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bill, he bought his PC off ebay so its likely his disc is a copy anyway
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