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Old 03-06-2008   #1
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can any one tell me how to clear every thing from my computer(files, folders, programs,documents, settings, cookies every thing) whilst keeping my widows xp (as if out the box) with out having to go through every thing one by one. I havent any of my original disks either!
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Hello Ridla,

There is no software that will reset Windows XP to as if it was out of the box in this way. The only way to do this would be to format and re-install Windows XP from scratch using your XP Setup/Recovery CD.

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