Windows Vista Confused about on line instructions about installing

[steelebob]

Want to:
reformat old drive
do clean install
use Windows Easy Transfer using portable hd
PROBLEM: "paranoid" to do it wrong-- read to darn much on line
NEED: step by step of the first few steps just to get me started. ALSO are there check boxes to save previous (Program, User)settings using Windows Easy Transfer.

 

[kjanx]

just boot with the vista disk, it'll do the rest.
easy transfer is easy to.
if you can read, you can do it