Microsoft Windows help: how do i completely wipe windows and everything from a pc drive?

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how do i completely wipe windows and everything from a pc drive?

my mum accidentally installed two os’s, an old windows2000 which was on there already and the new xp. unfortunately it won’t let me uninstall from add/remove progams and it’s slowing down the system and making things completely ridiculous.

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ÑÌnJÅ_ 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (16 minutes after post)

Formatting your pc : make sure you backup and files you which to keep
Insert Windows xp cd
restart computer
Press enter,keep pressing until it brings up a blue screen
then press any key when it asks.
when its finished loading press enter or return
now you want to delete the C partition. highlight it then press D
Then Create a partition on C
Press the C key and keep the size press enter choose ntfs or ntfs quick press enter.

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ÑÌnJÅ_ 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (20 minutes after post)

btw which drive is the windows 2000 Installed on? do you have 2 hard drives or just one?

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greejosh1 3 #
Rock Spring, GA, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (22 minutes after post)

install linux

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rncwnd home safe changed the tags on this post: they were "Microsoft Windows, system, ridiculous, uninstaller, Accident, drive, add, Remove, Completely, Mum, windows, Uninstall" 1 year, 9 months ago.

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neku 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (52 minutes after post)

Just reformat the hard drive. From http://fixit.in

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rncwnd home safe 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (57 minutes after post)

she had the drives partitioned, xp is on c:. but when i bring up my computer it doesn’t read the other drive at all which is strange. should i unpartition the drives? or will refornmatting just do that?

ps thanks to the guy who said get linux, that cracked me up!

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ÑÌnJÅ_ 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (1 hour, 16 minutes after post)

Delete C partition then create new partition on c but keep the size. Depending on where the windows 2000 is installed formatting c drive should get rid of everything thats on that hard drive This wont Format another hard drive , it will only format the C

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Dan TL 1 #
La Mirada, CA, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (1 hour, 49 minutes after post)

time for the ole GUTMANN WIPE !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutmann_…
Gov. style security messures.

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rncwnd home safe 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (3 hours, 23 minutes after post)

gutmann wipe eh? read about it, interesting for sure, doesn’t help me much!! thanks though. looked at your profile dan TL i like the picture with the piano.

yourname, what do you mean by keep the size?

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ÑÌnJÅ_ 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (2 days, 1 hour after post)

When you have delete and created a partition , it will show u ur hard drive size this does not need to be changed , that what i ment sorry.:P

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Headless Chicken 7 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (4 months after post)

Hit it with a hammer ???

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