First, you are wise to be concerned about this.
I don't see a need to remove the card, or to delete it (by it, I assume you mean the driver). That seems like a waste of time to me.
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will my hard drive be clear of the contents i had on my pc
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No. The unused locations on the hard drive that are not overwritten during the restore will still retain any data stored previously. This data can easily be retrieved by any number of disk inspection utilities. You really should "wipe" the drive first - a term used to describe the process of writing a bunch of ones and zeros over and over again, all across the drive, ensuring there is no residual magnetism holding any previously saved data. Then you re-install Windows, or use the recovery disks. I use
Eraser.