I just got a new computer need some help

[leglez]

Ok i just got a new computer well new to me it originally had windows 2000 on it and i guess the previous owner upgraded to windows xp professional i just ran 3 virus scans to get rid of all the viruses but now im wondering is there anyway to restore it to how it was right after windows xp was installed im wanting to get rid of all the documents and programs on it that arent needed also i cleared the restore-points, temporary files, recyle bin, and then defragmented the drive

[Statica]

A restore is not a cleap-sweep; it will not remove all documents, recycle bin etc. either. And it is not a failsafe method of removing a virus. Regarding if its possible to go back to that early a stage; might be . .if that restore point is there; if the computer has been running XP for a while, forget about it .. its not going to be there because, XP has a certain amount of space allocated for restore; depending on the space that has been allocated - XP will choose what and how much to restore as well. It will also overwrite old restore points based on the space. If you truly want a clean system a clean install of XP is the way to go.