COMPUTER QUESTION: Help me wipe out everything! I don't want to screw this up...

[PixWinns]

Sorry to get in the middle TTinCO, if interested jake, I can upload the full version. Let me know.

 

[TTinCO]

Link through download.com http://download-search.search.com/click?sl,download-search.1.314.1438.leader2.0.partition%2Bexpert.e13942037133968b18,http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2Fpagead%2Ficlk%3Fsa%3Dl%26ai%3DBxsK9MfuYQ873AqT2ogK7hbD_DYuu%2DQyF84_dAe31lZkI0OgMEAEYASD0%2DvcBKANIkDlQ05j8oP______AZgBiI4GoAHszqz_A6oBDWNuZXQtZG93bmxvYWTIAQGAAgGVAgSiSAo%26num%3D1%26adurl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eacronis%2Ecom%2Fhomecomputing%2Fproducts%2Fpartitionexpert%2F%253Fsource%253Dgoogle%2526ad%253Dpartition%252Bexpert

 

[BaseballGuy]

He says he wants to wipe his HD clean and start over.

I listed the best and most simplistic method.

Why he needs all these programs I have no idea.

 

[JakeT.]

He says he wants to wipe his HD clean and start over.

I listed the best and most simplistic method.

Why he needs all these programs I have no idea.

Well originally I figured the easiest way was to wipe everything and I still may resort to that at some point, but for now, it's easier to repartition it it seems.

I definately appreciate the advice and will bookmark this thread when I finally do wipe the slate clean.

I was getting some weird error messages when trying to wipe everything before and it sounds like it might be because my disk has a small scratch on it. I have a spare copy of XP that I will find and test it out.

Thanks for the advice everbody!

 

[PixWinns]

He says he wants to wipe his HD clean and start over.

I listed the best and most simplistic method.

Why he needs all these programs I have no idea.

If that's the case, he needs killdisk. Wipes the disk clean (partitions) as many times as he wants. Then format it with ntfs.

 

[BaseballGuy]

If that's the case, he needs killdisk. Wipes the disk clean (partitions) as many times as he wants. Then format it with ntfs.

The windows setup disk does the same thing.

 

[JakeT.]

Damn I'm frustrated. That software won't install. I deleted Java on my C drive to free up more space. 133 MB. The software says it only takes 27 MB to install. Kept getting "Not enough space" error.

Then I changed the install folder to the J: drive where I have 2 GB of free space. Still getting the same error.

Might just have to drop this for the night before I blow a gasket.

 

[TTinCO]

Do a search on all drives for *.tmp.....that may give you some space (Delete all that it finds-a couple may be in use)

 

[PixWinns]

The windows setup disk does the same thing.

Agree, but nothing like having a nice clean harddrive.

 

[PixWinns]

Damn I'm frustrated. That software won't install. I deleted Java on my C drive to free up more space. 133 MB. The software says it only takes 27 MB to install. Kept getting "Not enough space" error.

Then I changed the install folder to the J: drive where I have 2 GB of free space. Still getting the same error.

Might just have to drop this for the night before I blow a gasket.

Jake relax. Do you have an extra PC or a friend, if so, install the software and then it allows you to create a bootable CD with all the options. Take the CD to your PC and boot from it.