reinstalling windows & format on windows disk

Hi

Some of you will have read where I received a not-so-free HD Drive in that when I had to do a repair on my system, not only did I get a windows 7 repair, I also got a windows 8 repair, courtesy of the free HDD, which has caused havoc on my system everywhere.

 

I am now going to re-install windows 7, but my question is, is the format on the windows disk going to be enough to eradicate what's presently on my C drive, or it is going to fly through it to get to the next stage in installing windows, leaving goodness knows what behind in it's wake in it's hurry?

 

It's a 500GB drive and it took 4-5 hours formatting through computer management to format it.  I can't imagine it taking that long through the windows disk.

 

I would welcome any opinions and any options anyone might offer that I could try.

 

Thanks for reading and in advance for any help offered.

hedley

Here are really good instructions for doing a Clean Install of Windows 7: How to Do a Clean Installation with Windows 7

 

 

Basically you delete all partitions from the drive leaving it unallocated and unformatted then let the Windows 7 install process partition and format the drive as needed. There will be nothing left.

Thanks for the reply, Ztrucker. That has helped me out tremendously, thank you. Hope to get stuck in tomorrow.

Thanks again for the help, much appreciated, as always.
hedley

You're welcome, let me know how you make out.