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| Madvillain |
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Registered Member #445
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Can someone please explain to me the steps to reformatting? Do I need any cds or disks? Like windows Vista or the recovery disks? Edit: this is for a laptop Edited Wed Oct 27 2010, 01:20PM |
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| Maddogme |
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You can probably do a factory image restore, or just go in CMD and type format if that works. You'll need the disk for windows to reinstall and probably the disk from your laptop with all the services that came with it. Edited Wed Oct 27 2010, 07:04PM |
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| Rusty |
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FTS Server Op
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if you have the disk that came with your laptop/desktop with your os and bloatware, then I would suggest DBAN for a full cleaning. | ||
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| Madvillain |
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Registered Member #445
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dam, i cant seem to find any of them | ||
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| amishburrito |
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amishburrito
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Joined: Fri Oct 30 2009, 09:53AMPosts: 352 |
then you have to delete c/windows/system32 that will force your computer into restore mode and let you through command prompts to reformat. |
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| .4ngryToasters |
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you would
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Joined: Sun Feb 12 2006, 01:08AMPosts: 2039 |
Who makes your computer? How old is it? If its less than 3 years old, chances are it didn't come with restore cds, but a partition on the hard drive. To access this, the most common way is to tap F8 continuously after the BIOS screen on bootup. From there you can "Repair" windows. Hopefully you can do a full system recovery from that menu, but depending on your manufacturer, you may or may not have that option (e.g. a different hotkey than F8 when booting). As far as the actual restore goes, a complete guide of this can be found in the Tweaking Companion for Windows ( -[link]- ). |
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| Madvillain |
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Registered Member #445
Joined: Sun Oct 01 2006, 11:42PM Posts: 2233 |
i bought this laptop last year and didn't receive any restore cds, that's my biggest problem and worry. but i didn't want to simply restore my computer, I thought restoring would clean up my laptop a little bit. I wanted to reformat because it seems as though reformatting basically cleans out your entire software and then has you starting from scratch, almost like a new laptop. At least this is the idea that people have given me about reformatting. i wanted to do so because I have filled my laptop with so much bs i just want to start fresh |
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| peacebypeice |
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peacebypeice
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Joined: Mon Nov 26 2007, 05:23AMPosts: 1452 |
most new computers don't come with the cd's go to the manu website that's where they usually have a link to download all the shite you need |
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| .4ngryToasters |
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you would
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Joined: Sun Feb 12 2006, 01:08AM Posts: 2039 |
Madvillain wrote ... i bought this laptop last year and didn't receive any restore cds, that's my biggest problem and worry. but i didn't want to simply restore my computer, I thought restoring would clean up my laptop a little bit. I wanted to reformat because it seems as though reformatting basically cleans out your entire software and then has you starting from scratch, almost like a new laptop. At least this is the idea that people have given me about reformatting. i wanted to do so because I have filled my laptop with so much bs i just want to start fresh Same difference |
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| Rusty |
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FTS Server Op
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Joined: Wed Mar 01 2006, 06:33PM Posts: 2682 |
Well, you're talking more about a reimage than reformat. A reformat doesn't start you at factory, or a set "image", it starts you at nothing. And if you really want to clean your whole computer, then you need to nuke it. But a reformat or nuking involves you installing an os on your own, and without a disk or os, I would suggest what toast suggested. |
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