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tover
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_ 		12. August 2005 @ 11:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi guys wondering if anyone can help have just reinstalled xp pro onto my machine hoping it would delete all files on hard drive so that it was empty but it hasn`t and is now nearly full can anyone tell me how to delete all files from the hard drive so that it is empty
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p4_tt
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_ 		12. August 2005 @ 11:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You will have to boot from the CD at start-up and do a full format of the hdd to get rid of all the data,

If you go into your BIOS and set it up to boot from the CD you can do a full format.

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ddp
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_ 		12. August 2005 @ 11:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
or use a win9x boot disk to delete & make new partition
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tover
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_ 		12. August 2005 @ 11:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks for the reply i`m new to all this computer stuff so i put in my xp disc on restart select the bios menu and choose to boot from cd
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tover
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_ 		12. August 2005 @ 11:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Were do i get a win9x disc ?
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ddp
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_ 		12. August 2005 @ 11:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
win 98 or win me. try this link that also has xp bootdisks. http://www.bootdisk.com/
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p4_tt
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_ 		12. August 2005 @ 11:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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so i put in my xp disc on restart select the bios menu and choose to boot from cd
Yeah and then just follow the on screen instructions. Just remember to Delete the partition and not set windows up on the current partition
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aye aye man

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