But before you go all samurai on your hard drive, I recommend you follow all the steps in my Make Windows Run Faster! article. I'm guessing you're considering this move because your PC has been infested by a bunch of spyware and/or viruses, and is now acting sluggish and flaky. It could take many hours just to download the Windows Update files. After re-installing Windows XP, you will need to reapply all the patches and fixes from Microsoft, then reinstall all the software packages you previously had.
that's exactly what you said you wanted to do. About the only thing you can do with a freshly formatted drive is install an operating system from CDROM.
The format will erase *everything* on the disk (the operating system, your programs and data files) and leave you unable to even boot up the PC. Do You Really Want To Format That Hard Drive?īe forewarned, formatting a hard drive is MUCH different than formatting a Word document.
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