Reformatting HD

[bwise1]

Hi my first time posting. I installed a new Seagate SATA 160gb 7200.10 HD, I booted up and reformatted the hd, I wanted to make 2 partitions, one for the OS and one for my personal files, somewhere I screwed up and ended up with 4 partitions C, E, F, and G with the OS on the F partition, Don't ask. My question is, can I start all over and remove the partitions and reformat the hard drive? If I can start over, I just downloaded a trial version of Acronis Migrate easy to format and partition and then copy all my files from the old HD to the new SATA. Has anyone tried the Acronis Migrate easy software, I was reading instructions and it looks a little complicated. Any help will be greatly appreciated

bwise1

Win.XP sp2 Home edition
MB VIA PT800 ABit/V17 800FSB
CPU P4/2.4GHz 533M 478Pin/512 not overclocked
PS 500 watts
1.5MB DDR Crucial Pc3200
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 With AGP8X
DYNEX 16X DVDRW
Lite-On CD-RW52X32X52X
Maxtor 80GB 7200 HD ATA IDE
seagate Sata 7200.10 160gb HD

[tempus]

I think in windows installation it gives an option to format the entire drive. Let it format then install the os. An alternative is to download kill disk and zero fill the entire drive. this will wipe the drive clean. install the os and then partition the drive into 2 partitions. copy all your file from the old drive into the second partition.

[glc]

You don't need killdisk - all you have to do is boot with the Windows CD and let Setup delete all partitions.

[bwise1]

Thanks Tempus and glc, I'll try booting from the winxp disc first.

bwise1