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Name: Astral
Date: March 27, 2002 at 17:39:46 Pacific
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Ok..
Can anyone explain the process,in layman's terms, of wiping your entire Hard drive clean to selectively reinstall the operating system and other programs of your choosing? Can anyone point me to a reference guide to do this? I want to remove and delete everything so I can restart from the beginning. Thanks
-Astral



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Name: Jina
Date: March 27, 2002 at 17:43:04 Pacific
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Boot to a DOS diskette. Type: format c: and hit enter. Press the Y key to say yes.

That'll be enough. :)


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Response Number 2
Name: I'll Try
Date: March 27, 2002 at 18:32:20 Pacific
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Astral, this page by MS might give you some help. If need more help post back.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q255867
Good Luck
I'll Try


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Response Number 3
Name: Tommy
Date: March 27, 2002 at 18:32:59 Pacific
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Yea just go to C:\ and type format c:\ and youre HD will be empty as a bucket with no water.
LOL


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Response Number 4
Name: I'll Try
Date: March 27, 2002 at 18:49:02 Pacific
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Astral, also I forgot.
Install Guides on the left side.
I'll Try


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