By Chris Weaving - Monday, August 22, 2005 6:01:34 PM
Just wondering what people's experiences of this are ?
I've had a few problems installing XP Pro on my Myriad PC (home studio stand-alone), and I've been low-level formatting (sorry, I've been doing a full zero-fill of the drive; apparently a low-level format is done at the manufacturing stage, and can't be done by the end-user) my 2 Maxtor 200 Gb hard drives after each failed install, to enable a fresh installation again.
I've read on various net forums (I've been busy scouring the web on this subject !) that this isn't really neccessary - a Windows format, or a normal format using using your hard drive manufacturer's utility floppy disc will suffice.
A lot of the advice states you'd only need to do a full zero-fill if you are suffering hard drive problems, or have had a serious virus infection.
I'd be interested in people's views on this subject.
Cheers.
Chris.
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By Simon Temple - Wednesday, June 21, 2006 4:09:35 PM
I think a lot of people have had problems with XP & McAfee. I for one found that my XP home ground to a crawl until I uninstalled it. I'm now using AVGfree with no problems.
Simon
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