How Do I Wipe My Hard Drive Windows Xp?
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How do you delete everything on Windows XP?

Select the Settings option. On the left side of the screen, select Remove everything and reinstall Windows. On the “Reset your PC” screen, click Next. On the “Do you want to fully clean your drive” screen, select Just remove my files to do a quick deletion or select Fully clean the drive to have all files erased.

How do I wipe my computer Windows XP without a disk?

If it is an Acer you press the left Alt + F10 Key. If it a Dell you press Ctrl + F11. That is how you do it if the manufacturer never included a XP CD when you purchased the computer when new. That’s called factory resetting which is what you asked about.

Sarah Jenkins

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