How "clean" is a clean install?

From: Lee Beck (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:40:28 -0800

I decided to reformat my drive and reinstall W2k. Found
that reformatting my HDD wasn't as easy as I thought (W2K
wouldn't allow a simple Format C: command.)

Not to worry, one of the options on the W2K installation
disk is for a clean install. However, after the
installation, I still have "My documents" folder and maybe
some other stuff. The reason for reinstlling windows was
because I have some funny things going on (maybe even a
virus!)

Do I need to drop back and do my original thought of
reformatting my HDD and then reinstalling windows?

Thanks

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