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You transfer all the files you want to keep onto another computer or cd. Get your reformatting CDS. Put them in, turn the computer on and follow the steps.
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If you don't know how, don't. You'll fuck something up.
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Quote: from Blasphemous Cow at 11:56 am on Feb. 18, 2007
If you don't know how, don't. You'll fuck something up.
Actually I did it the first time having no idea what so ever what I was doing and it went fine.
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Quote: from Windows Vista at 9:59 am on Feb. 18, 2007
Quote: from Blasphemous Cow at 11:56 am on Feb. 18, 2007
If you don't know how, don't. You'll fuck something up.
Actually I did it the first time having no idea what so ever what I was doing and it went fine.
You are obviously more computer-literate than this person.
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heehee I have my reformatting CD, where's yours? :O
Quote: from Blasphemous Cow at 12:05 pm on Feb. 18, 2007
Quote: from Windows Vista at 9:59 am on Feb. 18, 2007
Quote: from Blasphemous Cow at 11:56 am on Feb. 18, 2007
If you don't know how, don't. You'll fuck something up.
Actually I did it the first time having no idea what so ever what I was doing and it went fine.
You are obviously more computer-literate than this person.
stfu - im being honest, yes i dont know what to do. thats why im asking.
what do i need? how do i go about doing it? have someone else do it? is it gonna cost for someone professionally to do it?
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Artistic Drain
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...your computer should come with recovery cds. You just need those.
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Don't be in such a rush to turn your computer into a brain dead hunk of junk. Before you can reformat, you need to be able to boot it up with some kind of program. If not your OpSys, then a program specifically for formating your hard drive.
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Quote: from Forever Angel at 12:10 pm on Feb. 18, 2007
Don't be in such a rush to turn your computer into a brain dead hunk of junk. Before you can reformat, you need to be able to boot it up with some kind of program. If not your OpSys, then a program specifically for formating your hard drive.
ok thank you thats what i needed to know.
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use that, i've had to format my computer a lot of times before (my older ones) and realized the pain that comes back in restoring it.
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Quote: from drop of rain at 12:13 pm on Feb. 18, 2007
Quote: from Forever Angel at 12:10 pm on Feb. 18, 2007
Don't be in such a rush to turn your computer into a brain dead hunk of junk. Before you can reformat, you need to be able to boot it up with some kind of program. If not your OpSys, then a program specifically for formating your hard drive.
ok thank you thats what i needed to know.
Do you have all the software CD's necessary to restore your programs once you get it reformatted?
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Quote: from Forever Angel at 10:22 am on Feb. 18, 2007
Quote: from drop of rain at 12:13 pm on Feb. 18, 2007
Quote: from Forever Angel at 12:10 pm on Feb. 18, 2007
Don't be in such a rush to turn your computer into a brain dead hunk of junk. Before you can reformat, you need to be able to boot it up with some kind of program. If not your OpSys, then a program specifically for formating your hard drive.
ok thank you thats what i needed to know.
Do you have all the software CD's necessary to restore your programs once you get it reformatted?
like drivers... drivers for your mouse your monitor your keyboard printer scanner sound card video card modem webcam etc...
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There are 2 ways of formatting a computer.
One is if you're running on Windows XP, the CD of Windows XP contains a menu where you can reformat a computer.
Two is go to MS-DOS and type "format" then the drive of your hard disk...
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