I formated my drive but it didint delete anything but only..

[Mike]

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Hi ,

ok here goes i formated my drive becauze it was slow and internet explorer
didint wannt to work so now its like a fresh Windows Xp but on the drive im
supposed to have 27gig of space and only got 6 gig of space left so that
means i wasetn formated . So how to delete the old files if i cant have acces
to them ??? (dont get me wrong there no password or anything and the pc as
always been mine)

 

[Guest]

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Follow this for a Clean Installation:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/cleanxp.htm
Be sure to delete the partitions.

If there is still data, you may need to Take Ownership, #9 on this link:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/adsecurity.htm

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi ,
>
> ok here goes i formated my drive becauze it was slow and internet explorer
> didint wannt to work so now its like a fresh Windows Xp but on the drive
> im
> supposed to have 27gig of space and only got 6 gig of space left so that
> means i wasetn formated . So how to delete the old files if i cant have
> acces
> to them ??? (dont get me wrong there no password or anything and the pc as
> always been mine)