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Will you be installing a new Operating System [reinstall XP for example]?
If so: simply boot off the CD - with XP installation disk inserted in the CD
ROM. Windows installation will boot up and give you the option to format and
install in existing Partition. This is known as a clean install.
If you simply want to sell the Laptop and make sure everything is erased,
then choose to format the hard drive from within windows explorer.
"jb" wrote:
> i have a laptop with 2000 and xp home on it and i want to
> totally erase everything. how do i do it? thanks
>