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[WTFWSAT]

I have an older dell inspiron 8200 laptop that i want to wipe out the hard drive on. Id like to just have the O/S which i think is windows 2000 and tuning software for my car.

Whats the easiest way to do this?

Thanks

[Carlrx7]

find the recovery disc.

[k5hart]

^^ That's my first question, do you have any disks for it? If you have the recovery disks just put them in and run through a reinstall. If not, you'll first need to find an operating system disk. With that you can format (erase) the hard drive at the beginning of the install.

[DolSVT00]

I have an older dell inspiron 8200 laptop that i want to wipe out the hard drive on. Id like to just have the O/S which i think is windows 2000 and tuning software for my car.

Whats the easiest way to do this?

Thanks

Zero fill the drive and delete all the partitions to clean out any bad sectors and get it running the best you can. Install a base of the O/S you want without all the bundled fluf that recovery disks come with, I think I have a windows 2k base disk over here you can have if you want it.

[Mike]

Install a base of the O/S you want without all the bundled fluf that recovery disks come with

+1 That's what I always do with any computer I didn't put together myself.

[k5hart]

Dells don't usually come with all that extra crap that others due so you would probably be alright. Especially an older one like that. It is a good idea to leave off everything you don't need though. It will run much better.

[WTFWSAT]

Thanks guys, Ill see if i can find the disc.

Randy, I looked today and it actually has windows xp. If it comes down to it and i cant find the xp disc ill get with you about the 2000 disc.

Thanks