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I have a Compaq Presario 715US laptop, purchased about 2 years ago. My CD drive has stopped functioning, and the folks at Compaq say that I might need to replace the same. Along with labor, the total cost comes up to $ 700, and I don't want to spend that money. I have a question, though. I am running Windows XP Pro, SP1. I want to clean up my system. I used an external CD drive to 'clean' install Windows. It went fine, but I lost a lot of hard drive space. Now, even without any program installed, the computer says that total size is 19 GB, but available space is only 9 GB. My question is: can I use 'fdisk' to completely wipe my hard drive clean and then 'clean' install windows from an external CD drive? After 'fdisk', the system usually says OS not found. At that time, if I put in the WinXP CD in the external CD drive, will I be able to install windows? What do I do if it doesn't do it

Please help me, as I am desperate to clean my HD, as there is a ton of uninstallable garbage in it

Thank you

Vinod
 
You should be able to get that CD drive repaired or even replaced for about
$100.00 at any local PC repair shop. You can install Windows from any CD
drive to your C: drive. Just make sure you are booting from the CD to run
the installation. You will be given the option to format the hard drive at
the beginning of the installation process.

Jaywdg4 said:
I have a Compaq Presario 715US laptop, purchased about 2 years ago. My CD
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drive has stopped functioning, and the folks at Compaq say that I might need
to replace the same. Along with labor, the total cost comes up to $ 700, and
I don't want to spend that money. I have a question, though. I am running
Windows XP Pro, SP1. I want to clean up my system. I used an external CD
drive to 'clean' install Windows. It went fine, but I lost a lot of hard
drive space. Now, even without any program installed, the computer says that
total size is 19 GB, but available space is only 9 GB. My question is: can I
use 'fdisk' to completely wipe my hard drive clean and then 'clean' install
windows from an external CD drive? After 'fdisk', the system usually says OS
not found. At that time, if I put in the WinXP CD in the external CD drive,
will I be able to install windows? What do I do if it doesn't do it?
 
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