[Taffy]

Ive got an old PC that im giving to a friend it has a 20GB hardrive. The PC runs on XP home edition.

the problem is i want to destory this hardrive because there is info on their about my credit cards etc. so i said to him just buy a new hardrive and i can put it in the PC

this new hardrive would be totally blank. so would i have to copy any data from the old hardrive e.g Boot data.

or would i just need to install windows XP on the new hardrive

[Wolfeymole]

Save your mate some dollar and wipe the drive using this bit of kit from www.killdisk.com
Does he want to use it as a spare drive or an OS drive?

[Taffy]

he wants it as a OS drive

but i think he wants to buy a new hardrive because the one in the PC im giving him is

only 20GB which is crap

[Wolfeymole]

Agreed, however you will have to install a brand new copy of XP on the new drive.

[Taffy]

thats no problem

so i wont need to transfer any data from the old hardrive e.g drivers

its a computer that my dad build and for example he had to put a driver CD in for the new motherbored

would i need to do that again ?

[Wolfeymole]

CD driver for the motherboard?

Taffy please take your time to explain exactly what the problem is and how it all began.

[Taffy]

sorry lol

my dad build this PC. he bought all the stuff from maplins.
the motherbored came with a driver CD which was installed
when this computer was build its was still running on windows 98 im thinking thats why the driver disk had to be installed
now the system is running on XP so hopefully i wont have to instal a driver disk

[Taffy]

basically yr saying all i need to do is put the new blank hardrive in the PC

insert the new copy of XP into the CD drive

when the PC turns on open up the BIOS and make the PC boot from the CD drive

and that should do it

[Wolfeymole]

On the system your old man built, it is running XP yes?
Do you have problems with it?
I'm sorry mate but I'm confused here with regard to your mate and 20gb drives etc.

[Taffy]

the system my old man built is running XP it also has a 20GB hardrive.

im giving the above system to a friend but i dont want him to have the old 20GB hardrive

so he's going to buy a new bidder hardrive for the system

this new hardrive when inserted into the system will be completly blank

my question is whats next after that.

do i just put a new version of windows XP on the new hardrive and thats it

I have answered on Page 2 Taffy

[Wolfeymole]

Now we are getting somewhere.

Yes, obtain a new copy of XP, set the bios to boot from the cdrom and "Press any key to boot from cd"
DON'T do it again when it asks you twice more later or you will end up with multiple boot files.

[Taffy]

cheers mate. thanks a lot

sorry about all the confusion LOL

[Wolfeymole]

Hey no problem Taffy.

I could see you looking at Page 1 and thinking is this stoat going to answer me.

If you have any more issues or just want to chat then by all means swan by.

We are most friendly.