How to wipe out the hard drive?

[Rob]

HI, ever since I got high speed Internet my copm basicly
doesnt work any more, there is so much crap that auto
installed its driving me crazy; what I would like to do
is completely clear my hard drive and any additional
memory and start al over again with a fire wall and anti-
virus program.

What sould be the first steps I take in acomplishing this?

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Disconnect phone line or cable modem. Boot from the Windows XP CD. When
asked if you want to repair a previous installation, say no! When given the
opportunity to choose where you want to install to, choose the same
partition that the previous install is on. FORMAT the partition (NTFS) when
asked if you want to (or, delete and then create new partition in same
area - then format). Continue with the installation.

After the O/S has been installed, install your firewall (suggest ZoneAlarm).
Then install your AntiVirus program. Reboot whenever necessary.

When everything above has been installed, shut down. Connect phone line or
cable modem. Boot the system. The OS will, most likely, automatically
configure your DSL/Cable Modem connection. If you are using dial up, you
will have to manually configure same.

Now, go on-line and update your AntiVirus - until there are no more updates.
Then get all the Windows Updates.

Then, do as you will.

"Rob" > wrote in message
...
> HI, ever since I got high speed Internet my copm basicly
> doesnt work any more, there is so much crap that auto
> installed its driving me crazy; what I would like to do
> is completely clear my hard drive and any additional
> memory and start al over again with a fire wall and anti-
> virus program.
>
> What sould be the first steps I take in acomplishing this?

[Jim Macklin]

Before you go on-line you can also go into Internet
Explorer/Tools/advanced and disable a lot of flashy stuff
and set some security. Also, set your security and privacy
settings to stop all the automatic downloading and
installation of third-party software.



"Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)"
> wrote in message
...
| Disconnect phone line or cable modem. Boot from the
Windows XP CD. When
| asked if you want to repair a previous installation, say
no! When given the
| opportunity to choose where you want to install to, choose
the same
| partition that the previous install is on. FORMAT the
partition (NTFS) when
| asked if you want to (or, delete and then create new
partition in same
| area - then format). Continue with the installation.
|
| After the O/S has been installed, install your firewall
(suggest ZoneAlarm).
| Then install your AntiVirus program. Reboot whenever
necessary.
|
| When everything above has been installed, shut down.
Connect phone line or
| cable modem. Boot the system. The OS will, most likely,
automatically
| configure your DSL/Cable Modem connection. If you are
using dial up, you
| will have to manually configure same.
|
| Now, go on-line and update your AntiVirus - until there
are no more updates.
| Then get all the Windows Updates.
|
| Then, do as you will.
|
| "Rob" > wrote in message
| ...
| > HI, ever since I got high speed Internet my copm basicly
| > doesnt work any more, there is so much crap that auto
| > installed its driving me crazy; what I would like to do
| > is completely clear my hard drive and any additional
| > memory and start al over again with a fire wall and
anti-
| > virus program.
| >
| > What sould be the first steps I take in acomplishing
this?
|
|

[Harry Ohrn]

Check here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Rob" > wrote in message
...
> HI, ever since I got high speed Internet my copm basicly
> doesnt work any more, there is so much crap that auto
> installed its driving me crazy; what I would like to do
> is completely clear my hard drive and any additional
> memory and start al over again with a fire wall and anti-
> virus program.
>
> What sould be the first steps I take in acomplishing this?