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shadowg3 · 05-11-2008, 07:53 PM

Hey all,
I'm new here, was looking around but couldn't really find what I was looking for in one place.

I recentley had my main HD fail on me with a windows loading screen blue screen error. I tried doing the chkdsk /p and /r aswell as fixboot, none of which worked.

I had to install windows on a spare 40g HD I had to recover the info
I'm ready to wipe my main HD clean and reinstall windows from scratch, the problem is I don't know the best way to do it.

In the past I've just formatted using the windows install disk (deleting the partion and installing on a new one) but it seems as if that isn't the best way to do it. Does that cause more errors with windows?

What's the best way to wipe a HD clean and reinstall?

Thanks

05-11-2008, 07:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
shadowg3 Newb Techie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7	Wiping HD clean and reinstalling windows Hey all, I'm new here, was looking around but couldn't really find what I was looking for in one place. I recentley had my main HD fail on me with a windows loading screen blue screen error. I tried doing the chkdsk /p and /r aswell as fixboot, none of which worked. I had to install windows on a spare 40g HD I had to recover the info I'm ready to wipe my main HD clean and reinstall windows from scratch, the problem is I don't know the best way to do it. In the past I've just formatted using the windows install disk (deleting the partion and installing on a new one) but it seems as if that isn't the best way to do it. Does that cause more errors with windows? What's the best way to wipe a HD clean and reinstall? Thanks