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Wiping my HD

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When I got my comp, it came it factory settings which have tons of loaded software and programs i just plain dont need. its also the media center which i hate. The thing is, there is also a D drive in which the media center is on in case you need to restore it. Now, the way I figure this is that the HD is partitioned into 2 different parts, and the D is in the way. Now, I want to wipe out my whole HD and install Win XP Pro on it which is the copy i bought myself couple of years ago. I tried that, but when XP pro wants to format it, it just doesnt go right through to the setup, it keeps restarting. I found some software called Kill@Drive or something similar, used it to wipe out my whole HD, but when I tried installing XP, it installed in H drive. What da helll is going on here??? is there a way for me to actually wipe out my HD properly, make it look like its a new, store bought HD so I can install my own win xp on it?
 
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Hi,

You might give Dban a try. It will usually kill everything on a drive and make sure that you have anything on any drive you want to keep disconnected, because if you don't it is easy to erase any hard drives on the computer.

It is under my signature, but having trouble with some links, but if the link doesn't work, then just google Dban (Darik's Boot and Nuke) and you will get a link.
 
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I tried that program, but it doesnt work for some reason. I installed it to my flash drive, then went into my BIOS to set it to read my usb flash 1st, after it reads it, my screens just black with that thingy just blinking in top left corner.
 
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