alan
December 5th 03, 12:31 AM
>-----Original 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?
>.
>quit windows into dos and type format c:\
>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?
>.
>quit windows into dos and type format c:\