Reformatting A Computer

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  1. Coolguy90

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    Do u guys know how to reformat a computer?
    could you please tell me how
     
  2. King Chaos

    King Chaos Well-Known Member

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    When I format, I have a floppy disk. Make sure when you format you have the system disk though :) or else, it wont have a OS and it wont start ;) It should be a win 98 disk so it will turn to 98. Then turn it to 2000, then XP.
     
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    insert your windows xp cd into your floppy and click OK.
     
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    Trun you computer on with you OS disk in and it will give you a menu. It's nothing hard... back up anything you want to keep and don't mess with the settings if you don't know what they're for and you should be fine.
     
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    Dells and Sonys have programs to reimage it back to the way you got it. If it is prebuilt you should have system recovery disks, use those.
     
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    I always loved Delpart.com (not a website).... a little itty bitty program that deletes all of your partitions in 1 second....

    then i use the XP disk.
     
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