This is a tutorial showing you on how to prepare for a clean installation, this involves reformatting your hard drive, this will get you a brand new install of Windows XP, with all your drivers and documents backed up.

Q and A…

Q. Will this format my hard drive?
A. Yes EVERYTHING will be gone unless you have separate partitions

Q. What are partitions?
A. In simple terms, your hard drive divided up into separate pieces with separate amounts of space.

Q. How long will this process take?
A. It depends how much space you use, but usually around an hour and 15 minutes.

Q. Can I back up my hard drive files into another partition?
A. Yes you can, learn how to do that yourself

Q. Is this all I need to do to prepare for the installation?
A. Yes in most cases, but make sure you have your installation discs for things like printers and routers.

Q. I don’t have an XP CD, can I still do this?
A. No in some cases, yes in others, if your computer came with the OS already inside it, the manufacturer will normally either give you a recovery disc or a partition, if you use either it will make your computer the same way it was when you took it out of the box, and you don’t need to backup your drivers.

Q. So I’ll lose everything?
A. Yes I’m serious -.- Unless you back it up

Q. I finished this, I can’t connect to the internet, what do I do?
A. You , I told you to backup all your drivers, you probably removed your network adapter…

Q. My audio doesn’t work, what do I do?
A. You better have backed up your audio driver, or you have to go to a friends computer and download your drivers from a site, if their not there, your screwed.

I hope these are enough, if you have more questions then comment.

Here are the instructions , I recommend your print these out before you attempt anything.

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