I plan on reformatting my HD but I want to know some thing Is it possible to keep the OS after formatting it or do I need to reinstall it? I'll end up having more questions later...but oh well.
Ok..I guess I thought that something was right but it was wrong then..No big deal.. Wait, So that meens when people say " Well just pop in the windows disc. " That meens it's removing windows..Oh, I thought it wouldn't, why should it -.-;
ok here is a good questin where is the os. and wut is it called. and could u save the os and then reformat the computer and transfer thye os on the compuyter
The OS in in Drive\Windows as generally we are talking windows here. You cannot format and then copy the original os back onto the drive. YOu just do a fresh install and copy old music files, etc back on off backed up cds.
reformatting a hardrive means having your hardrive reorderder and reorganize itself. in order to do that everything is wiped out, OS included. you can still use the same windows liscence, but you will need to reinstal windows and all drivers associated with your computer.
I always thought when you get a reformat disc it reformats your comp and then you go through certain procedures to install windows thats what my computer technician did with mine
Aww that sucks.. I never got the XP disc from the guys who built my computers (both of them!) so yea...this sucks then.. 1337 h4X012z t!m3 I didnt say nothing...
Lol - people hu mke custom PC dont give their 'illegal' copy coz thats the only one they got except for me i bought a licensed one Some people were clueless lol Format erases everything AND I MEAN EVERYTHING-lol You dont just put in the windows CD and it works If not XP u need some other method but as most people got XP - You need to change the boot settings to CD first - Then it pop in the CD hit enter then it starts the Windows XP setup from there u can delete/create partition if necessary and it installs Windows I know my stuff
