Windows XP Clean install cannot find harddrive – help?

September 6, 2009

I installed Fedora, and now wish to uninstall Grub boot loader. The only way I can do that is with a windows XP CD and using the recovery console, I ask my friend and he lent his copy of XP. Once I get to the blue screen where it asks for options, I press recovery console, and then a screen appears stating hard drive cannot be detected… anybody knows how to fix this?

PC hardware:
Compaq Presario Notebook C306US
Operating Systems: Windows XP Media Center and Fedora Core 7
Harddrive: Seagate ST98823AS 80GB 5400RPM 2.5" Sata Laptop Hard Drive

How do you wipe a pc clean?

August 14, 2009

I have a pc that is so crapped up with things, I just want it wiped clean like I bought it. A system restore to factory defaults doesn’t help the situation at all. Any ideas how to clean the computer and reinstall all operating systems and basic programs? (I have all of the orginal cd’s my laptop came with to reinstall)