Clean Hard Disk

hi , I want to give my son my other laptop (me) have used copy disk to reinstall (me ) . but the (me ) is still registered in my name and some or the info is still there. what is a clean install , also if my name is still there will he have a problem with getting a ISP . thanks , (A wise man can learn more from a foolish question , than a fool can from a wise answer.)

 

Hello bluepipe,

what is a clean install
A clean install is a wiped disk and then a fresh install of the OS. The way to do that is with fdisk, which should be on the boot disk (floppy) if you created one. If not, go into Help&Support to find how to. Reference from MS on using fdisk http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q255867

have used copy disk to reinstall (me )
What you're going to need is a ME OS cd, not clear on what "copy disk" is. Do you have a WinME cd?

also if my name is still there will he have a problem with getting a ISP
Once having re-installed the OS per above, your name or any other data of yours won't be there.

Regards - Charles

 

hi Charles, thanks for the help , on my way using your leads, the copy disk was which came with the laptop which is a Fujitsu /Siemans lifebook P series P2020 which has no floppy drive no cd rw , sub notebook , thanks again (might have to come back as I am and old dog . (there are 3 people in this world those who can count and those who can't) cheer's gus

 

Hi Gus,

no floppy drive
Ok, here's what you're going to have to do if you want to do a clean WinME install:

Using another system with a cd-rw, create a WinME boot disc from this site http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm OEM version. Whether you do a clean install or not, a good idea to have the boot disk anyway.

On the laptop, go into the BIOS, on my desktop DELL, tapping the delete key on bootup gets me there, I don't have any idea what it would be on yours - could be F11, or one of the other F keys.

Once in the BIOS, set the primary boot device to cd, it probably already is. Have the boot cd in the drive on bootup and then you'll be able to run fdisk and after that, re-install the OS. This is provided of course that you have a WinME OS disc.

Regards - Charles