need help please to erase all partitions on computer

[fernando]

well for some reson i have lil to no memory and i had
alot ! i have discoved tht my child intalled another
partition and what id like to do now is start over , i
want the computer to tell me ther is no partitions on this
computer as in completely erase evry thing can any one
please help me

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

You can boot off the Windows XP cd-rom and delete all partition during the
setup. Once you delete them, just press f3 to abort the install so the
computer reboots off the same cd. Next time in, it will act like a clean
system.

 

[Raingod]

First off you may not have to go to that extreme. Not
sure what you mean by memory. If you are talking about
disk space on your HD then you should be able to clean
that up. As far as the new partition, if your drive is
formated using NTFS then you can either rezize the
partition or delete it. If this is not an option then
you will need a win98 or winME boot disk and run the
FDisk utility. For information on how to use the FDisk
utility see the following MS web page:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q
255/8/67.ASP&NoWebContent=1
Regards,
Raingod
Although he always wondered why it rained everywhere he
went he never suspected that he was the raingod.

 

[Raingod]

Past experience deleting the partions using XP gave me a
duel boot of XP although I did not abort the install
after deleting the partions. Will have to try that next
time.
Regards,
Raingod
Although he always wondered why it rained everywhere he
went he never suspected that he was the raingod.

-----Original Message-----
You can boot off the Windows XP cd-rom and delete all partition during the
setup. Once you delete them, just press f3 to abort the install so the
computer reboots off the same cd. Next time in, it will act like a clean
system.
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Neo [MVP Outlook]
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well for some reson i have lil to no memory and i had
alot ! i have discoved tht my child intalled another
partition and what id like to do now is start over , i
want the computer to tell me ther is no partitions on this
computer as in completely erase evry thing can any one
please help me

.

 

[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


Bruce Chambers

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