Rss

Delete Scares Me

December 10, 2002 - 5:00pm

My little sister's computer is acting up (and has been for like a year). I think her hard drive should be reformatted and I'd like to install Windows 2000 rather than 98, which is what she's currently running. We've talked about it and she's cool with wiping everything clean. After I back up a few of her files, I'll be ready to tackle it.

The only problem is I've never done this before and I'm nervous! I know I need to wipe the drive, delete the partitions, then install Windows. Installing Windows should be the easy part since I have a disk, but I'm more than a little nervous about wiping the drive and deleting partitions. Can anyone offer some advice?

Comments

dont worry about wiping the drive and setting up the partitions. just follow the prompts when you install win2k; the install routine is straight forward.
Posted by jon on December 10, 2002 - 9:24pm
What Jon said. You'll get the option to format the drive just by virtue of installing the new operating system. You'll of want to fully wipe everything out, and then format for NTSF... all options that you'll get. Also, don't worry about the partitions, you can actually change those afterwards if you mess up (assuming you don't put anything in them first). And if you REALLY mess up (which you won't) you can always do it again! Oh, and get something to snack on because you'll be watching your computer crunch for a while.
Posted by dave on December 10, 2002 - 10:11pm
as dave said, don't forget to format!!! and just a tangential suggestion... go with XP instead of 2K. it's much smoother and isn't as much of a resource piggy. if you need a copy of XP, let me know and i'll hook you up. =)
Posted by anna on December 11, 2002 - 12:41am
live feed girl cam web - http://live-feed-girl-cam-web.blogspot.com
Posted by live feed girl cam web on November 9, 2006 - 2:58pm
Nice site. Thanks:-)
Posted by tension on March 6, 2007 - 7:16am
Nice site. Thanks:-)
Posted by tension on March 6, 2007 - 7:16am
Good site. Thanks.
Posted by standard on March 6, 2007 - 9:46am
Nice site. Thanks!!!
Posted by locker on March 6, 2007 - 10:16pm
xaiwhndz xbtopilk cpdrgmz ogvh gptfkdrv dekxvmnly ifkz
Posted by gbqry tfieqyko on December 28, 2006 - 6:59pm
Nice site. Thank you:-)
Posted by vision on March 20, 2007 - 5:06pm
Cool site. Thanks!
Posted by Anonymous on March 20, 2007 - 3:13pm
Cool site. Thanks!
Posted by Anonymous on March 20, 2007 - 3:13pm
Very good site. Thanks!
Posted by Anonymous on March 20, 2007 - 2:21pm
Very good site. Thanks!
Posted by Anonymous on March 20, 2007 - 2:21pm
Nice site. Thank you:-)
Posted by Anonymous on March 20, 2007 - 12:39pm
Nice site. Thank you:-)
Posted by Anonymous on March 20, 2007 - 12:39pm
Nice site. Thank you:-)
Posted by Anonymous on March 20, 2007 - 12:40pm
Nice site. Thank you:-)
Posted by Anonymous on March 20, 2007 - 12:40pm
Very good site. Thank you.
Posted by Anonymous on March 20, 2007 - 11:19am
Very good site. Thank you.
Posted by Anonymous on March 20, 2007 - 11:20am
Good site. Thank you:-)
Posted by probe on March 7, 2007 - 2:40am
Good site. Thank you:-)
Posted by probe on March 7, 2007 - 2:40am
Good site. Thank you:-)
Posted by probe on March 7, 2007 - 2:40am
Nice site. Thanks.
Posted by curb on March 7, 2007 - 12:01pm
Nice site. Thanks.
Posted by curb on March 7, 2007 - 12:01pm
Nice site. Thanks.
Posted by curb on March 7, 2007 - 12:01pm
Nice site. Thanks.
Posted by curb on March 7, 2007 - 12:01pm
Nice site. Thanks.
Posted by excitement on March 8, 2007 - 12:10pm
Cool site. Thank you.
Posted by buffy spike on April 5, 2007 - 11:33pm
Cool site. Thank you.
Posted by buffy spike on April 5, 2007 - 11:34pm
12345678next ›last »

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.