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clearing hard drive

Yeah. Hitting delete a million times.

Pop in the OS CD and reboot, select Format And Install. Clean hard drive with the same operating system.

You could spend a couple of days deleting all the files you wanted, but then you'd come to realize that many programs and the OS itself have made relations with lots of those files. Stripping the HD down to the OS directory would leave your system very confused.
 
OOps! Check to make sure it is not in a folder on your hard drive. That's the way many OEMs are doing it now. You delete that - you're screwed.
 
It probably came with either restore discs or a restore partition on the hard drive. Checkout the user manual to find how to restore the system, though it may not be possible to do so without reformatting using the restore options presented by the manufacturer.
 
Originally posted by: Dutchmaster420
it is a 1ghz celeron model T1115...i cant find any of the tthings you are talkiga bout
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see if you can find anything on the internet or your manual regarding software restoration. I know on a lot of OEM machines theres a hidden partition on the hard drive containing the stuff that is read by recovery software.
 
I am pretty sure e-Machines had actual Restore CD's, if you cannot find them, they will send them for you for like $20 bucks when your system is out of warranty
 
Fess up, you threw the restore CDs away. Thats okay, cause you can get replacements from EMachines. Note that these will simply overwrite any data that is already on the drives. Only with an actual XP disc can you repair your XP installation without losing any data that is on the drive. But, I think you need to more clearly state what you are trying to accomplish. Otherwise the correct answer to your original post is:

1. Create a System Restore point.
2. Use the Add/Remove programs icon in the Control Panel to remove any unnecessarprograms.
3. Right click My Computer and select Explore
4. Delete any unwanted folders/files.

If you manage to screw up any system files, simply do a System Restore.
 
1) Open My Computer
2) Open your C: drive
3) Select all (ctrl+a)
4) Deselect windows (ctrl+click)
5) Shift+Delete
6) Click yes when prompted.....now everything but windows is gone.

You're system will still be kinda messy because your env vars will point to paths that don't exists and you'll still have all kinds of useless info in the registry.

Thorin
 
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