Re: Completely remove XP Pro

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From: notapro (notapro_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 13:29:06 -0700

Well, this sounds like a reasonable solution but it may take me a while.
Remember, I'm "not a pro." In any case, I'll give this a try and see where it
takes me. Thanks a bunch for the suggestion.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> Probably the easiest way is to remove the hard drive and either mount it in
> another machine or mount it in an external usb2 enclosure and then use the
> second computer's Disk Manager to reformat the disk or run drivescrubber.
>
> "notapro" <notapro@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1B883B73-50A6-490E-9096-2C75CF92FE60@microsoft.com...
> >I need to completely remove XP from a Compaq Presario system so that I have
> >a
> > completely clean box with no lurking OS at all. I've been told I need to
> > use
> > fdisk but fdisk does not appear to be supported by XP. How can I get back
> > to
> > a pristine system?
>
>
>

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