Vista Reload--HELP!!

[BriEOD]

I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 which came with Vista. My kids loaded a bunch of garbage on it and after much work on my part to get it cleaned up, I elected to reload Vista. I backed up my things on an external hard drive prior too. I was able to reload, but my 44 gig C drive has 37.9 gigs on it after the reload! I assumed the reload would reformat the C disk as well. Now, I keep getting memory warnings and I cannot load any of my stuff on the machine due to the lack of free space. How do I wipe the C drive and start over. I can't find a straight answer.

Thx!

 

[Brink]

Hello BriEOD,

When you restore Vista from Dell Factory Image Restore, you may not have selected Yes to format the hard drive in STEP THREE (step 8) in this Dell support page after selecting Vista.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[BriEOD]

Shawn--Thx! I'm going to check it now.

 

[Brink]

You're welcome BriEOD.

Let us know how it went for you.

Shawn