On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:15:49 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Citizen Bob)
wrote:

>Does this procedure allow you to do what Kony calls a "clean install"?

I don't understand what could be misinterpreted about a
"Clean Install". You start out with no operating system, or
rather, no repair or upgrade of an existing system... if you
were just going to dual boot between an already existing OS
and this new install, the new install still qualifies as
clean.



>
>In one of the Knowledge Base articles, Microsoft Support recommends
>the following procedure:
>
>+++
>Delete all of your boot disk partitions after creating a full-system
>backup, create partitions of the same size as your original
>partitions, install Windows 2000, and then restore your full-system
>backup:

No need. If you really want to delete your partition, then
recreate it- go ahead but it shouldn't be necessary.



>
>1. Create a full-system backup by using the Windows 2000 Backup tool.
>For information about how to do so, view Backup Help.
>2. Verify that your full-system backup contains all of your data, and
>is in good working order.
>3. Start your computer using disk 1 of the Windows 2000 installation
>disks, or the Windows 2000 CD-ROM if your computer supports booting
>from CD-ROM.
>4. When you are prompted to install Windows 2000 to one of the
>partitions on your boot disk, note the size of all of the partitions
>on your boot disk, and then delete all of the partitions on your boot
>disk.

No that is ridiculous, nobody in their right mind will start
deleting all the partitions on their boot drive without
another just cause.


Start out with a partition that doesnt' have windows
installed. Boot the CD (or copy the CD files to a folder on
a FAT32 partition then boot DOS w/Smartdrive support and run
winnt.exe from the I386 folder) and just install. There's
no extra steps involved, but if you want to delete
everything/partitions on your drive, and there's no data
you'd lose, you could do that, but "could" doesnt' mean
"need to".