how do i erase everything on my computer the wndows and everthing?

Answer 1

find a clean wipe program from download.com, save it on a 3.1" floppy and boot your pc to drive a:

Answer 2

I think you got to go to bios and reformat the drive.
For xp, fat 32 structure try this:
Start the computer by using the Windows XP CD-ROM (in the CDROM drive) or the start-up disks (in the floppy drive).
You need to go into your BIOS to change the boot sequence to do this making your CD-ROM drive your primary boot device. (How to do this.)

Once the computer has booted from the CD you'll see a "Welcome to Windows Setup" screen appear and after all the drivers have loaded (shown along the bottom), press F10 or wait and choose to use the recovery console (choose item #2).

In the "Recovery Console" (learn more about that that is at Microsoft.com click here), specify the appropriate Windows installation. It will be listed. It's probably #1. Then log on by using your Windows XP Administrator password. You are probably the administrator and the password if you have never assigned is probably blank, so just hit the Enter key. If you run Windows XP Pro and want to turn off the password prompt then learn how here.

Next, type:

map

and hit the ENTER key.

Note the drive that you want to reformat. The drive letters may be different in the Recovery Console from what they are in Windows XP, but if you want ti reformat the C: drive then its the largest.

Next, type:

format C:

Or if you don't want to format C, type the drive letter of the hard drive that you want to format instead. Hit your ENTER key.

Next, type:

y

Then press ENTER to continue. When the formatting process is finished, type

exit

and then press the ENTER key to restart the computer.

Maybe you should tell us why your doing this, are you going to use it as a second drive or are you destroying downloaded contraband? Wassup?

Answer 3

HI
if u want a new installation and format all drive do the following
Insert the Windows installation CD and restart.
when the message appears ' boot from disk press the Enter key to set up Windows.
Press the C key to continue setup.
Press the F8 key to agree to the license. and then select esc key for new installation
all the drives are appeared here select c drive
press the Enter key.
Select NTFS or FAT file system
bye

Answer 4

If you want to erase the hard drive to properly dispose of it so it's difficult to retrieve personal information I would recommend some software that does government wipes or formats.

Examples are KillDisk or Eraser. These 2 programs can be found on download.com. Just do a search.

Answer 5

Save all your documents
get all of your software together,OS, modem driver, anti-virus Etc.
Put in the XP CD and restart. hold down the "C" key to boot on CD.
delete any partitions you do not want
set partitions that you want
format main partition "C"
Installation will start on that partition
do not setup internet or register windows just yet.
finish installing your anti-virus and modem drivers
connect to web and down load and scan with latest anti-virus.
set a restore point.
at some point you can reboot on the CD to format anyother partition/space you may have left.

Answer 6

Most new O/S's (Operating Systems) offer the choice to reformat the drive before the initial install. If you want to wipe your hard drive of everything and start fresh, you will need to install a new O/S first anyway.

Answer 7

You will have to do a Format Reload. It erases everything on the drive, but after that you have to add your programs back. Make sure you have all of your start-up discs to be able to do this.

Answer 8

Drop the hard drive from the Empire State building and you'll be all set.

Answer 9

try entering dos mode and "reformat fdisk" this should erase everything back to its original condition pre windows etc

Answer 10

you will need to zero your hard drive to do this..why whould you want to???