want to completely wipe my computer.

yamaha605

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i want to completely wipe my computer clean. i tryed reinstalling. but i still have 200 gig worth of stuff on my hard drive. how do i wipe my hard drive completely then reinstall windows and have a fresh computer
 

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windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
OS
windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
Change the boot order in BIOS to CD/DVD, load windows 7 dvd, reboot and follow on screen prompts, when you get to the screen to select a drive to load OS, click format at bottom right. This will erase the HDD and you can install the OS on an empty drive.

And this excellent tutorial....

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bitAMD Phenom II X4 965 Black EditionGSkill 4 X 2 GB PC 8500XFX Radeon HD 6790 D
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom built
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4
Memory
GSkill 4 X 2 GB PC 8500
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon HD 6790 D
Sound Card
On board RealTek HD
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual monitors:Samsung SyncMaster S20B300
Screen Resolution
1600 X 900
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (primary)
Seagate Barracuda 2 X 320 GB
PSU
Ultra X4 750 watt fully modular
Case
Thermaltake Overseer RX 1 full tower
Cooling
Core-Contact 92 mm CPU Cooler
Keyboard
Logitech G510
Mouse
Razor DeathAdder
Internet Speed
50/5 Mbps UL/DL
Other Info
Optical: Super Muliti DVD burner w/lightscribe, Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1800
Otherwise boot using a Partition Manager Boot Disk and then first delete and then in the unallocated space produced due to the deletion recreate the partition. Voilà.
 

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Windows 7 Pro with SP1 32bit2 gigs of RAMIntel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Built
OS
Windows 7 Pro with SP1 32bit
Motherboard
Intel D845GVS1 X86-based PC
Memory
2 gigs of RAM
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller
Sound Card
Realtek AC'97 Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster 931BF Black 19" LCD Monitor
Screen Resolution
1280X960
Hard Drives
1. SAMSUNG SP0822N ATA Device ~ 80 GigaBytes

2. Seagate FreeAgent Go USB Device ~ 500 GigaBytes
Keyboard
COMPAQ Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse
iBall Laser Precise Speedster
Internet Speed
4 mb/sec
thanks bassfisher i just done what you said and now its showing 452 of 465gig free.
 

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windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
OS
windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
Glad to here you got it...

Remember to change your boot order back to HDD first in the BIOS.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bitAMD Phenom II X4 965 Black EditionGSkill 4 X 2 GB PC 8500XFX Radeon HD 6790 D
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom built
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4
Memory
GSkill 4 X 2 GB PC 8500
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon HD 6790 D
Sound Card
On board RealTek HD
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual monitors:Samsung SyncMaster S20B300
Screen Resolution
1600 X 900
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (primary)
Seagate Barracuda 2 X 320 GB
PSU
Ultra X4 750 watt fully modular
Case
Thermaltake Overseer RX 1 full tower
Cooling
Core-Contact 92 mm CPU Cooler
Keyboard
Logitech G510
Mouse
Razor DeathAdder
Internet Speed
50/5 Mbps UL/DL
Other Info
Optical: Super Muliti DVD burner w/lightscribe, Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1800
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