How do u delete every thing to reinstall vista?

[folk_blue]

I got a D:\ n C:\ drives. I wanna reinstall vista on both of them. How do i
get rid of every thing on the drives?

 

[Guest]

I got a D:\ n C:\ drives. I wanna reinstall vista on both of them. How do i
get rid of every thing on the drives?

Simply select the option to format your drive when doing the reinstallation.
Alternatively, if you have an older version of Windows such as Windows 98,
you could start a setup from this and use FDisk to delete the partition
tables on the drives.

 

[Saucy]

I got a D:\ n C:\ drives. I wanna reinstall vista on both of them. How do i
get rid of every thing on the drives?

Easy. There's a number of ways to skin this cat. Here's just one:

If you have a Windows XP disc about, simply boot from that and make the
motions of installing Windows XP. When you get to the section of the
installation where you can delete and add partitions, simply delete the
existing partitions. Immediately thereafter, use the F3 key to abort the
installation. You can reboot the computer and use the XP disc's Recovery
Console's diskpart utility to create and format new partitions [hit 'R' for
Recovery Console when the option appears]. Exit, then boot from the WIndows
Vista disc and you are on your way ..

Saucy

 

[folk_blue]

I have windows vista on both of them. i wanna clear both cuz i got to much
stuff on it.

 

[JethroUK]

I got a D:\ n C:\ drives. I wanna reinstall vista on both of them. How do
i
get rid of every thing on the drives?

Easy. There's a number of ways to skin this cat. Here's just one:

If you have a Windows XP disc about, simply boot from that and make the
motions of installing Windows XP. When you get to the section of the
installation where you can delete and add partitions, simply delete the
existing partitions. Immediately thereafter, use the F3 key to abort the
installation. You can reboot the computer and use the XP disc's Recovery
Console's diskpart utility to create and format new partitions [hit 'R'
for Recovery Console when the option appears]. Exit, then boot from the
WIndows Vista disc and you are on your way ..

Easy? sounds very confuddling to me - why do you need XP disc ????

Just put in the Vista Disc - reboot and follow the wizard for a Clean
install

 

[JethroUK]

You might want to clear both drives but you don't need to install Vista on
both

1/ Put in your Vista disc
2/ Boot up your computer
3/ Follow the wizard for a 'Clean' install (not repair)
4/ Format C: drive and let it install
5/ Once installed just delete everything off D: drive or format it from
windows

 

[John Barnes]

Don't use the XP disk to format your Vista drive, do it during the Vista
installs. XP has a different version of NTFS.

 

[Saucy]

I got a D:\ n C:\ drives. I wanna reinstall vista on both of them. How do
i
get rid of every thing on the drives?

Easy. There's a number of ways to skin this cat. Here's just one:

If you have a Windows XP disc about, simply boot from that and make the
motions of installing Windows XP. When you get to the section of the
installation where you can delete and add partitions, simply delete the
existing partitions. Immediately thereafter, use the F3 key to abort the
installation. You can reboot the computer and use the XP disc's Recovery
Console's diskpart utility to create and format new partitions [hit 'R'
for Recovery Console when the option appears]. Exit, then boot from the
WIndows Vista disc and you are on your way ..

Easy? sounds very confuddling to me - why do you need XP disc ????

Just put in the Vista Disc - reboot and follow the wizard for a Clean
install

It's easy. All's that is happening is that the XP disc is used to remove the
paritions - that's it, F3 out.

Saucy

 

[Saucy]

Don't use the XP disk to format your Vista drive, do it during the Vista
installs. XP has a different version of NTFS.
< chop >

Are you sure about that? I think you are mistaken.

At the command prompt:

fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo c:
[Enter]

reports the same version on both a Vista formatted partition and an XP
formatted partition i.e.: NTFS 3.1

Saucy

 

[folk_blue]

i got vista cd in rebooted press f 12 n booted from sd rom drive n it just
boots up windows n dont boot disk. what yall think?

 

[Saucy]

i got vista cd in rebooted press f 12 n booted from sd rom drive n it just
boots up windows n dont boot disk. what yall think?

You have Windows already installed.

Saucy

 

[Diane B]

i got vista cd in rebooted press f 12 n booted from sd rom drive n it just
boots up windows n dont boot disk. what yall think?

Is it a bootable CD? If it isn't it won't boot - you may have to run
the CD while in Explorer - that may work. But if it is a bootable CD -
the computer should boot with the F12 and boot from CD option. Also, do
you have more than one drive? If yes, try the other drive.

 

[folk_blue]

You have Windows already installed.

Saucy

i know that is why i came here i wanna delete windows. n every one says put
cd in n reboot n that'll work but it don`t

 

[Saucy]

i know that is why i came here i wanna delete windows. n every one says
put
cd in n reboot n that'll work but it don`t

After F12 .. you will have to watch carefully. You will see at the top of
the screen:


Press any key to boot from the CD or DVD..


Be quick to press a key on the keyboard, such as the letter M. The computer
will then boot from the DVD disc.

Saucy

 

[John Barnes]

Yes I am. It is a subtle difference, but you would see quickly if you try
to use partitioning software designed for XP, such as Partition Magic. Back
in the beta days I knew where to look but can't remember now what needed to
be used. I think you can Google it if you want to.

Don't use the XP disk to format your Vista drive, do it during the Vista
installs. XP has a different version of NTFS.
< chop >

Are you sure about that? I think you are mistaken.

At the command prompt:

fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo c:
[Enter]

reports the same version on both a Vista formatted partition and an XP
formatted partition i.e.: NTFS 3.1

Saucy

 

[JethroUK]

I got a D:\ n C:\ drives. I wanna reinstall vista on both of them. How
do i
get rid of every thing on the drives?



Easy. There's a number of ways to skin this cat. Here's just one:

If you have a Windows XP disc about, simply boot from that and make the
motions of installing Windows XP. When you get to the section of the
installation where you can delete and add partitions, simply delete the
existing partitions. Immediately thereafter, use the F3 key to abort the
installation. You can reboot the computer and use the XP disc's Recovery
Console's diskpart utility to create and format new partitions [hit 'R'
for Recovery Console when the option appears]. Exit, then boot from the
WIndows Vista disc and you are on your way ..

Easy? sounds very confuddling to me - why do you need XP disc ????

Just put in the Vista Disc - reboot and follow the wizard for a Clean
install

It's easy. All's that is happening is that the XP disc is used to remove
the paritions - that's it, F3 out.

Vista disc will remove/re-partition?