Reinstalling your OS

This is relatively an easy task first thing is first though, always always always back up your important information so that you can reinstall/copy it back on to your newly formatted harddrive.

#1 reboot your computer, usually your system BIOS screen will pop up first and give you a few choices before booting up your current OS. Usually if you press f2 from here it will take you to a set up screen with a bunch of choices. What you want to do here is change the boot priority so that your CD rom ( which will have your OS on CD) boots first. Typically there is a boot priority option on your set up screen, go ahead and configure it so that your CD ROM boots first.

#2 put your copy of your OS in the cd rom and reboot the computer, now it should be booting from the CD. From here it will guide you fairly smoothly through the initial set up.

#3 this is an important step, the computer will ask you where you want to install your OS. You want to format the harddrive first, go ahead and select this option as it is listed on the screen. If you don't format you will be installing the OS again on the computer therefore taking up more space on your hard drive.

These are the three basic steps nin formatting your harddrive. Once you have gone through all these steps Windows will take you through the customizartion process of setting up your OS. Good luck!