I have an old Lap top that a friend of mine wants, I wanted to give it to him clean. I had it for years, it's full random stuff that i put on it.
I thought that if I re-installed windows it would take care of it. Windows XP Pro. I put the CD in and a list of about 5 options came up, I picked the first, I think it was "install windows". WOW. it took a long time, I mean like almost an hour or more. It completed, but the computer was just like I had seen it before.
Maybe that's not what I have to do. I thought reinstalling Windows would reformat the computer, bascially what I'm looking for is to take the system down to just window's and the programs it comes with, and wipe everything out on the hard drive.
Is reformatting not what I'm looking to do?? What do I do? Do you know what I'm trying to Say? Am I crazy? Okay, how bout stupid???
Thanks so much, Happy holiday's and or Merry Christmas......
I thought that if I re-installed windows it would take care of it. Windows XP Pro. I put the CD in and a list of about 5 options came up, I picked the first, I think it was "install windows". WOW. it took a long time, I mean like almost an hour or more. It completed, but the computer was just like I had seen it before.
Maybe that's not what I have to do. I thought reinstalling Windows would reformat the computer, bascially what I'm looking for is to take the system down to just window's and the programs it comes with, and wipe everything out on the hard drive.
Is reformatting not what I'm looking to do?? What do I do? Do you know what I'm trying to Say? Am I crazy? Okay, how bout stupid???
Thanks so much, Happy holiday's and or Merry Christmas......