How do I do a full install???

[Loketar]

I just returned from a long deployment overseas. While I
was away, my kids basically rendered my computer useless
(tons of prog installs, garbage just everywhere). I would
like to do a full HD wipe and fresh install of XP. I have
a boot floppy that I used to use to wipe the HD and then
install Win95 from the CD but it's my understanding I
don't have to do that with XP. How do I get it to wipe
the drive and do a fresh install that will have nothing
but XP, Explorer, email, etc?

[Nate]

Assuming that your computer hardware is compatible with Windows XP and that
it meets the minimum requirements, just pop in the Windows CD in the tray
and follow the prompts. You will get the option to format your harddrive,
therefore wiping averything clean.
Depending on whether your computer is able to boot from a CD or not you
might need to create a set of setup floppies.

"Loketar" > wrote in message
...
> I just returned from a long deployment overseas. While I
> was away, my kids basically rendered my computer useless
> (tons of prog installs, garbage just everywhere). I would
> like to do a full HD wipe and fresh install of XP. I have
> a boot floppy that I used to use to wipe the HD and then
> install Win95 from the CD but it's my understanding I
> don't have to do that with XP. How do I get it to wipe
> the drive and do a fresh install that will have nothing
> but XP, Explorer, email, etc?

[Jon]

"Loketar" > wrote in message =
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> I just returned from a long deployment overseas. While I=20
> was away, my kids basically rendered my computer useless=20
> (tons of prog installs, garbage just everywhere). I would=20
> like to do a full HD wipe and fresh install of XP. I have=20
> a boot floppy that I used to use to wipe the HD and then=20
> install Win95 from the CD but it's my understanding I=20
> don't have to do that with XP. How do I get it to wipe=20
> the drive and do a fresh install that will have nothing=20
> but XP, Explorer, email, etc?

Here are easy to follow instructions;
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Jim Macklin]

Set your BIOS to boot from the CD, put the XP CD in the
drive and restart the computer. Follow the menus.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html


"Loketar" > wrote in message
...
| I just returned from a long deployment overseas. While I
| was away, my kids basically rendered my computer useless
| (tons of prog installs, garbage just everywhere). I would
| like to do a full HD wipe and fresh install of XP. I have
| a boot floppy that I used to use to wipe the HD and then
| install Win95 from the CD but it's my understanding I
| don't have to do that with XP. How do I get it to wipe
| the drive and do a fresh install that will have nothing
| but XP, Explorer, email, etc?

[W????n]

Welcome home!!!!






"Jim Macklin" > wrote in message
...
> Set your BIOS to boot from the CD, put the XP CD in the
> drive and restart the computer. Follow the menus.
>
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>
>
> "Loketar" > wrote in message
> ...
> | I just returned from a long deployment overseas. While I
> | was away, my kids basically rendered my computer useless
> | (tons of prog installs, garbage just everywhere). I would
> | like to do a full HD wipe and fresh install of XP. I have
> | a boot floppy that I used to use to wipe the HD and then
> | install Win95 from the CD but it's my understanding I
> | don't have to do that with XP. How do I get it to wipe
> | the drive and do a fresh install that will have nothing
> | but XP, Explorer, email, etc?
>
>

[Loketar]

>-----Original Message-----
>Assuming that your computer hardware is compatible with
Windows XP and that
>it meets the minimum requirements, just pop in the
Windows CD in the tray
>and follow the prompts. You will get the option to
format your harddrive,
>therefore wiping averything clean.
>Depending on whether your computer is able to boot from
a CD or not you
>might need to create a set of setup floppies.

Unfortunately, when I try to delete the partition, setup
says that the partition contains setup files needed by
setup and refuses to delete it, therefore rendering me
incapable of formatting the C drive. I'm starting to feel
as if big brother has stolen my computer from me and
purchasing XP was one of the biggest mistakes I've ever
made.

[loketar]

>-----Original Message-----
>Welcome home!!!!

Thanks. It certainly would have been a happier occassion
if it weren't for XP.

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the
order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp


Bruce Chambers

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"Loketar" > wrote in message
...
> I just returned from a long deployment overseas. While I
> was away, my kids basically rendered my computer useless
> (tons of prog installs, garbage just everywhere). I would
> like to do a full HD wipe and fresh install of XP. I have
> a boot floppy that I used to use to wipe the HD and then
> install Win95 from the CD but it's my understanding I
> don't have to do that with XP. How do I get it to wipe
> the drive and do a fresh install that will have nothing
> but XP, Explorer, email, etc?

[Malte Negendank]

Howdy,


Loketar wrote:

> I'm starting to feel
> as if big brother has stolen my computer from me and
> purchasing XP was one of the biggest mistakes I've ever
> made.


Judging from what I heard about winxp, and from one totally frustrating
attempt to help a friend of mine configure something on her xp box
(with the exact feeling of the OS not letting you in...), I guess this
is true... ;-)


....why not give www.knoppix.net a try? (Sorry, couldn't resist...)


Cheers,

Malte

[Malte Negendank]

> ...why not give www.knoppix.net a try? (Sorry, couldn't resist...)
>

Sorry, that was supposed to be http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/#order

[Ken Blake]

In , Malte Negendank wrote:

>> I'm starting to feel
>> as if big brother has stolen my computer from me and
>> purchasing XP was one of the biggest mistakes I've ever
>> made.
>
>
> Judging from what I heard about winxp, and from one totally
> frustrating attempt to help a friend of mine configure
something on
> her xp box (with the exact feeling of the OS not letting you
in...),
> I guess this is true... ;-)


You're making a judgment on how good XP is based on "what you've
heard" and your inability to help a friend with it?

I recommend that you get some real experience with a product (any
product, not just XP), learn *how* to help someone with it, and
not rely on hearsay, before you make any judgments at all.

--
Ken Blake
Please reply to the newsgroup

[Alex Nichol]

Loketar wrote:

>I just returned from a long deployment overseas. While I
>was away, my kids basically rendered my computer useless
>(tons of prog installs, garbage just everywhere). I would
>like to do a full HD wipe and fresh install of XP.

You can either set the BIOS to boot the XP CD directly, enter Setup and
take New Install; or else Run the CD from the existing system, enter
Install, change Upgrade to New Install. Either way, when it asks you to
confirm where, you can hit ESC and get the chance to select the current
partition and to format it as part of the setup


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows - File Systems)
Bournemouth, U.K.

[Steve Silverwood]

In article >,
says...
> I just returned from a long deployment overseas. While I
> was away, my kids basically rendered my computer useless
> (tons of prog installs, garbage just everywhere). I would
> like to do a full HD wipe and fresh install of XP. I have
> a boot floppy that I used to use to wipe the HD and then
> install Win95 from the CD but it's my understanding I
> don't have to do that with XP. How do I get it to wipe
> the drive and do a fresh install that will have nothing
> but XP, Explorer, email, etc?

When I am readying a computer for redeployment at work, and am
reinstalling Windows XP or Windows 2000 on the system, I usually delete
the partition from within the installation program and then create a new
partition in the unallocated space (the space that the original
partition occupied).

If the drive contained any sensitive information, or if the computer is
being disposed of (obsolete systems, for example), I use a program
called Autoclave (a Linux app, see
http://staff.washington.edu/jdlarios/autoclave/install.html to download
it) which does overwrites on pretty much any IDE hard drive as many as
25 times to thoroughly erase the data that originally resided there.
Once Autoclave is finished, the drive is completely unpartitioned and
unformatted, so you will have a clean slate to work with.

Make sure you have backed up your data first before doing either of the
above procedures.

--

-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email:
Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve

[Bugsbyte]

For clean install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_setup.htm

"Steve Silverwood" > wrote in message
om...
> In article >,
> says...
> > I just returned from a long deployment overseas. While I
> > was away, my kids basically rendered my computer useless
> > (tons of prog installs, garbage just everywhere). I would
> > like to do a full HD wipe and fresh install of XP. I have
> > a boot floppy that I used to use to wipe the HD and then
> > install Win95 from the CD but it's my understanding I
> > don't have to do that with XP. How do I get it to wipe
> > the drive and do a fresh install that will have nothing
> > but XP, Explorer, email, etc?
>
> When I am readying a computer for redeployment at work, and am
> reinstalling Windows XP or Windows 2000 on the system, I usually delete
> the partition from within the installation program and then create a new
> partition in the unallocated space (the space that the original
> partition occupied).
>
> If the drive contained any sensitive information, or if the computer is
> being disposed of (obsolete systems, for example), I use a program
> called Autoclave (a Linux app, see
> http://staff.washington.edu/jdlarios/autoclave/install.html to download
> it) which does overwrites on pretty much any IDE hard drive as many as
> 25 times to thoroughly erase the data that originally resided there.
> Once Autoclave is finished, the drive is completely unpartitioned and
> unformatted, so you will have a clean slate to work with.
>
> Make sure you have backed up your data first before doing either of the
> above procedures.
>
> --
>
> -- //Steve//
>
> Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
> Fountain Valley, CA
> Email:
> Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve