How to Format my C:// Drive

[Smc5528]

Alright basically in the next couple of months I will be getting a new computer and passing this computer down to others. Now I plan to completly format my C:// Drive, thus getting rid of all the crap Ive put on here over the years. How should I go about this process? I relize I need backups of programs, software, and drives but what else should I do, and how exactly do I go about formatting the drive?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for your help,

 

 

 

SMC

[battletrax]

Well. Assuming you want to give it away wwith windows on it, xp will allow you to format your drive during the install. If you just want to wipe it, you can use a bootdisk, but I'm not sure how to make a bootdisk that can make

 

 

 

ntfs partitions.

[Greatsilverwyrm]

First, wait until you get your new computer, then transfer all the stuff you want from your current computer to your new one. Foramatting will completely remove everything and you won't be able to get it back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, assuming you have your windows XP install disk, insert it, and restart, and you should be given the option to boot from it, to install it, and then delete the current partition and create a new one. It's really fairly self-explanatory if you have a shred of intelligence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There also is, I think, a guide on these boards somewhere, for reformatting.

[Smc5528]

Yeah i have a shred of intellgect hence by all my suggestions etc. on this forum itself. I just personally have not formatted a drive before.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also the XP disc is the professional version that came with the computer itself so I would guess its a recovery software which should work because chances are it was made for this computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have already started to backup my programs on CD, but frankly I only need an internet browser which I reckon comes with the software recovery.

[Greatsilverwyrm]

Sorry, the "if you have a shred of intelligence" wasn't directed at you, or anyone. And the part I was saying was self-explanatory was the setup once you get the disk in and stuff.