Clean Install - driver problems Installing and Upgrading Vista Discuss Clean Install - driver problems in the Windows Vista forums; if you want to truely wipe you hard drive clean, look for a bootable floppy disk with a drive space program that will format in ntfs....most hard drive manufacturer ...

[roasted]

if you want to truely wipe you hard drive clean, look for a bootable floppy disk with a drive space program that will format in ntfs....most hard drive manufacturer website have programs for free download...hint I know the seagate website has one, i use it.

one other thing these are usually used in bootable floppy disks, its the only reason I still have a 3.5 floppy drive around. This will leave you with an absolutely blank hard drive to install windows from, and windows never truely reformats a hardrive, it tend leave a few things behind.


ive found reformating and reinstalling is quite often the easeist way to fix a problem...so long as you regularly back up anything up you dont want to loose.

[mattymoo]

Thanks for you help everyone - I ended up doing a complete restore and then a clean install with Vista and Office 2007 - everything is working like a dream apart from one little problem with my user accounts which I will post in the appropriate forum

Thanks

[joseph]

Mobo, whats a phobie?