How to wipe out the hard drive?

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HI, ever since I got high speed Internet my copm basicly
doesnt work any more, there is so much crap that auto
installed its driving me crazy; what I would like to do
is completely clear my hard drive and any additional
memory and start al over again with a fire wall and anti-
virus program.

What sould be the first steps I take in acomplishing this?
 
HI, your first step should be making sure you have the
appropriate drivers for each device in your system (video
card, sound card, modem, network card). Once you have
those, you may want to backup anything because you will
not be able to access anything that was on your hard drive
before. After that, if you are using WindowsXP, put the cd
in the drive, reboot the computer and it should boot up
from the cd and setup will run. Windows will offer you an
option to format your computer once you get a little
further in setup. Your best bet is to format using quick
format NTFS.
 
Disconnect phone line or cable modem. Boot from the Windows XP CD. When
asked if you want to repair a previous installation, say no! When given the
opportunity to choose where you want to install to, choose the same
partition that the previous install is on. FORMAT the partition (NTFS) when
asked if you want to (or, delete and then create new partition in same
area - then format). Continue with the installation.

After the O/S has been installed, install your firewall (suggest ZoneAlarm).
Then install your AntiVirus program. Reboot whenever necessary.

When everything above has been installed, shut down. Connect phone line or
cable modem. Boot the system. The OS will, most likely, automatically
configure your DSL/Cable Modem connection. If you are using dial up, you
will have to manually configure same.

Now, go on-line and update your AntiVirus - until there are no more updates.
Then get all the Windows Updates.

Then, do as you will.
 
Before you go on-line you can also go into Internet
Explorer/Tools/advanced and disable a lot of flashy stuff
and set some security. Also, set your security and privacy
settings to stop all the automatic downloading and
installation of third-party software.



"Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)"
| Disconnect phone line or cable modem. Boot from the
Windows XP CD. When
| asked if you want to repair a previous installation, say
no! When given the
| opportunity to choose where you want to install to, choose
the same
| partition that the previous install is on. FORMAT the
partition (NTFS) when
| asked if you want to (or, delete and then create new
partition in same
| area - then format). Continue with the installation.
|
| After the O/S has been installed, install your firewall
(suggest ZoneAlarm).
| Then install your AntiVirus program. Reboot whenever
necessary.
|
| When everything above has been installed, shut down.
Connect phone line or
| cable modem. Boot the system. The OS will, most likely,
automatically
| configure your DSL/Cable Modem connection. If you are
using dial up, you
| will have to manually configure same.
|
| Now, go on-line and update your AntiVirus - until there
are no more updates.
| Then get all the Windows Updates.
|
| Then, do as you will.
|
| | > HI, ever since I got high speed Internet my copm basicly
| > doesnt work any more, there is so much crap that auto
| > installed its driving me crazy; what I would like to do
| > is completely clear my hard drive and any additional
| > memory and start al over again with a fire wall and
anti-
| > virus program.
| >
| > What sould be the first steps I take in acomplishing
this?
|
|
 
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