how to write to 0s and clean up hard drive....

[Guest]

i have a lot of "junk" in my computer and am getting some weird win 32
errors... i want to write my hard drive to 0's and clean up the hard drive
and then reload windows XP (the one i already have registered)... do i need
to do anything special? can i just delete everything off my hard drive and
write to 0's and then reload my copy of windows back on here as if it were
the first time i was doing it with no problems?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Download the free thirty day trial version of DriveScrubber,
use it, then perform a "clean install" of Windows XP.

DriveScrubber
http://www.iolo.com/ds/index.cfm

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.htm

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx

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| i have a lot of "junk" in my computer and am getting some weird win 32
| errors... i want to write my hard drive to 0's and clean up the hard drive
| and then reload windows XP (the one i already have registered)... do i need
| to do anything special? can i just delete everything off my hard drive and
| write to 0's and then reload my copy of windows back on here as if it were
| the first time i was doing it with no problems?