On the Type your product key for activation page, do one of the following:

    If you are reinstalling Windows Vista, you should enter your product key now.

    If you are not reinstalling Windows Vista, you can skip this step.

On the Please read the license terms page, if you accept the license terms, click I accept the license terms.

On the Which type of installation do you want? page, click Custom.

On the Where do you want to install Windows? page, click Drive options (advanced).

Click the partition that you want to format and click Format

If you have more than one partition on this hard drive and want to get rid them to make one big drive again, then select a partition and click on the Delete option for each partition. Once you have deleted all of the partitions, select the Unallocated Space partition and click Format

Pick the formatting option that you want.

When you've finished formatting, click Next.

Follow the instructions to finish installing Windows Vista, which include naming your computer and setting up an initial user account.

If you do not want to reinstall Windows Vista, you can cancel the installation at this point and keep your newly formatted drives.

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