>I realize that. The idea was to DELETE all stuff/junk from the computer (it was my daughter's computer and now I want to use it for crash and burn testing).
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>Thank you for your input.
Yes, right.
Years ago, that would have been done with the FDISK utility, which could be placed on a diskette.
Nowadays, I think all the required support for managing partitions is included in the setup program, both in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. I don't remember all the details, but I think you just have to look carefully when you start the install.
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