I bought used computer tower.It has abunch of of the former owners stuff on it. How do I get rid of it?

Question

I am just as new to computers as this computer is to me.Try to make the answer simple. Maybe you can tell me how to find someone to show me how to use this thing.At least the basics.I'll be looking under computer&Internet for an answer.
I got my fingers crossed,Thanks1

Doug.

Answer 1

put on windows xp and reformat the hard drive. that should start you off fresh, with tutorials.

Answer 2

If I had bought it I would probably replace the hard drive and install the operating system of my choice. You will also need to reinstall drivers for all of your basic hardware, including the video card, audio card, CD-ROM drive, motherboard, etc. and hopefully you got the CDs with the computer.

If you don't have these your friendly neighborhood computer shop could probably get the drivers for you and install them.

You can also format the old hard drive and reinstall the operating system, but I think a new hard drive would be a cleaner approach. The drawback to doing that is that you may not have gotten the software, including the OS, with the tower and that would be a problem.

A lot depends on what you got beside the computer. I would not buy a Windows computer without the operating system installation software unless I was getting it for one heck of a bargain price.

Answer 3

Copy all of these.

Computer Help Page

http://www.diskgenius.com/

http://www.pcbeginner.com/tools/pcdoctor.htm

http://www.pcguide.com/byop/index.htm

http://www.ntfs.com/boot-disk.htm

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Boot-Manager-Disk/

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Best/ntfs-boot-iso.html

http://www.disk-image.net/products.htm

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

http://www.winternals.com/

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,25181-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Boot-Manager-Disk/Windows-XP-PowerPacker.shtml

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,674406,00.asp

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
•http://www.bootdisk.com/utility.htm
•Chapter 1: Purchasing Components
•Chapter 2: Component Overview
•Chapter 3: Installing the CPU, Heatsink, and RAM On The Mainboard
•Chapter 4: Installing The Mainboard In The Case
•Chapter 5: Installing Drives
•Chapter 6: Connecting Components
•Chapter 7: Installing AGP and PCI Cards
•Chapter 8: Testing the System and Completing Assembly
•Chapter 9: Installing Windows XP
•Chapter 10: Configuring Windows XP
•Chapter 11: Installing A Dual Boot Operating System (Linux And Windows XP)
•Chapter 12: Home Video -- “So, You Want to Be the Next Steven Spielberg?”
•Chapter 13: What’s Next?

Answer 4

1. the easiest is a format.
2. manual work.

for manual work, you can go to add/remove programmes in control panel to remove unwanted applications then go to C:\Program Files\ to delete their folders.

Next is to go to the My Documents where i assume most people will stor their stuffs. delete what is unwanted. That's about it. the most simple.

if u r really new to computing, then i suggest that u really juz uninstall program and delete those unwanted files in My Documents. Don't bother with Program Files if u r not sure. no harm keeping it there.

Answer 5

Did it come with any CD's? I would reformat and start with a clean version of windows.