want to start all over again

I want to wipe everything off my hard drive and start all over again. I have
nothing important on my computer as i only use it for emails, recreation
(games) & internet connection (chat).

How can i do this? I have the two back-up cd disks but i think i am supposed
to have also a back up floppy disc (which i may have lost).

How can i do this? Any response would be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you

Cairns, Australia

"meridah - desert rose" <meridah - desert rose@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:C33774FB-80B9-41F9-BF4D-ABAFFB8E8E6D@microsoft.com...
> I want to wipe everything off my hard drive and start all over again. I
have
> nothing important on my computer as i only use it for emails, recreation
> (games) & internet connection (chat).
>
> How can i do this? I have the two back-up cd disks but i think i am
supposed
> to have also a back up floppy disc (which i may have lost).
>
> How can i do this? Any response would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanking you
>
> Cairns, Australia

Just set the BIOS so that the CD drive is the primary boot device,
then boot the machine with your WinXP CD. You will be given the
opportunity to format your hard disk.

Thank you Pegasus.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "meridah - desert rose" <meridah - desert rose@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message news:C33774FB-80B9-41F9-BF4D-ABAFFB8E8E6D@microsoft.com...
> > I want to wipe everything off my hard drive and start all over again. I
> have
> > nothing important on my computer as i only use it for emails, recreation
> > (games) & internet connection (chat).
> >
> > How can i do this? I have the two back-up cd disks but i think i am
> supposed
> > to have also a back up floppy disc (which i may have lost).
> >
> > How can i do this? Any response would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanking you
> >
> > Cairns, Australia
>
> Just set the BIOS so that the CD drive is the primary boot device,
> then boot the machine with your WinXP CD. You will be given the
> opportunity to format your hard disk.
>
>
>

You might want to contact the vendor.. depending upon make, some computers
require that you press F12 to start the recovery process..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"meridah - desert rose" <meridah - desert rose@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:C33774FB-80B9-41F9-BF4D-ABAFFB8E8E6D@microsoft.com...
>I want to wipe everything off my hard drive and start all over again. I
>have
> nothing important on my computer as i only use it for emails, recreation
> (games) & internet connection (chat).
>
> How can i do this? I have the two back-up cd disks but i think i am
> supposed
> to have also a back up floppy disc (which i may have lost).
>
> How can i do this? Any response would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanking you
>
> Cairns, Australia