Formatting my computer's primary hard drive

[Smartazz]

My 8800GTS is coming tomorow afternoon and I'm going to wipe the computer's primary hard drive clean tonight with a format because the viruses, malware and all sorts of bad stuff have slowed this computer to a grinding halt. I'm also having driver problems, so I figure that it would be easier wiping the hard drive tonight. I've backed up all the files I need and the drivers I'll need for tomorow's reinstall of windows. I also have my XP Pro disk ready. I just need instructions on how to format the main hard drive. Thanks.

 

[SKORPI0]

How to/step by step with pics. Good luck.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: SKORPI0
How to/step by step with pics. Good luck.

Good deal thanks.

 

[Check]

I'd recommend making a partition on your hard drive that is solely for the OS. Not for performance reasons, but it makes reinstalling in the future much easier. Don't have to back up anything just blow out the partition and reinstall. 10GB should be sufficient for winXP.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: check
I'd recommend making a partition on your hard drive that is solely for the OS. Not for performance reasons, but it makes reinstalling in the future much easier. Don't have to back up anything just blow out the partition and reinstall. 10GB should be sufficient for winXP.

Would I have performance issues if I partitioned the drive three ways? One for XP Pro, 1 for games and other stuff, and one for Vista?