reformating hard drive with windows xp on a northgate comp.

[lor8]

hi, i am stuck! i am trying to reformat/clear my computer because it has too much stuff i dont' need on it. when i had a gateway computer, all you had to do was stick in the restoration disk and it would load and do all the restoring on practically it's own. i have a northgate computer now, and i put in a disk that says "Recover XP" figuring it woudl do the same thing. but all that came up were folders that i don't know what to do with or what to click. help!

 

[per]

Northgate ceased any support in April. When you get the folders about the only thing you can do is open them and look for what you want to do.

 

[lor8]

okay, but how do i get rid of everything else on my computer? the reason i'm trying to do this is because i think there are some viruses that my antivirus is not catching. and how do you konw what you want in the folders?

 

[per]

I have no knowledge of the Northgate boot cd's. You will have to open the help file or wait for someone who is knowledgable or search google for the answer.

 

[lor8]

okay thanks for your help.