I want To Format My Pc..?
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The first thing you should do is make sure you have ALL the drivers your computer needs to work!!  i.e. network card, sound card, video card etc...(they may not all be on your windows disk) then when your sure you have everything (very sure),Pop in a windows start up disk (Floppy A type) restart your comp. After a min. or so you will have some options appear, Select..[Start computer without CD-rom support.]After some time you will see a command prompt like this..\n\n A:/\n\nmake it look like this..A:/format c:\n\nthen hit enter and follow the prompts, it should take about an hour or so. After its done start your computer with the Floppy disk again and select [Start computer with CD-rom support] it will tell you the letter of your CD rom. If your CD-rom is "E" than make your prompt look likt this...\nA:/E:/setup.\n\n     Good luck\n       -Mark
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Don't listen to the answers below mine.\n\nFormat your hard drive.
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reformat it with the cd that u receive when u bought it. if u don know how send it to computer shp. quite cheap.
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Depends on how drastic you wanna be. Even after formating some data can still be recovered by someone who knows what he/she is doing.\n\nMy Solution:\n1) Boot pc with boot disk.\n2) Use Fdisk to delte partition and recreate it \n3) Use the Format C: /U command (unconditional format)\n4) Bootup with windows XP or 2000 cd and when installing choose format as NTFS partition.\n\nNote: When deleting the current partition and recreating it as either fat or fat32 and afterwards reformating as NTFS it makes it virtualy impossible to do a data recovery on the disk.
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If you have a HP or Dell (& others I'm not aware of) then systems like these have options to set it back to factory settings, erasing all the junk you accumulate along the way.  However if you don't have the recovery disks it prompts you to create then don't do it.  Reformatting involves wiping everything from the hard drive and to get your pc working again you will need an operating system disk like windows XP or Vista (if your computer is powerful enough and when it's out)  If you are unsure or don't know anyone to do it for you, ask a local computer shop if they will install an operating system for you after you have formatted the drive.
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To format your harddrive you will need to get a recovery disc or a Windows CD. \nNo boot disc is necessary unless you are trying to install Windows 95. \nThe recovery disc will usually come with your computer, if you dont have one, you will need to call your computer manufacturing company and order one. \nThe recovery disc and the windows CD will partition your harddrive and it will wipe out your memory and start from fresh. \nThis will kill all the viruses and other harmful agents from your computer. \nYou should get an antivirus and pest control to avoid these agents from entering your system after you reformat.
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Try to get Partition Magic,  It can partition and format your drives without destroying you Win Home.
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just reformat everything.  the windows o/s you have should boot automatically from your CD-ROM.  there are free utilities from majorgeeks.com to retrieve your lost data, even if you've reformatted the drive(s).  good luck, you're NOT an idiot.  everyone has had their computer woes.  how'd your Vista go?
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Don't just format your hard drive.  Wipe it using DBAN, see sources, or a similar tool.  Formatting, alone, will leave much recoverable information on your drive.\n\nAfter wiping, as the other posters have already said, format your drive and reinstall your operating system from the original CDs.
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reformat the hard drive and install a full version of windows 98
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Yeah... you can format your system partition from DOS (using format c: command) then install a new OS on it and split this partition using for example Acronis Disk Director. You can be sure that Disk Director can split your partition without any data being lost.
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The same as you'd do with a desktop computer.\n\nI assume by reformat you also mean to reinstall Windows - if so the easiest way is to boot from your Windows CD.  You'll select to do a new installation, and when it brings up your partition table, you will delete the existing partition, and install windows to the "unformatted space".  Windows will then format and partition the hard disk and install a fresh copy of windows.
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Just boot using a windows XP CD and follow the steps, once formatted shut down the machine :)
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to reformat an external drive\nplug it into your pc\nrigh click on the drive icon\nselect format
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Simply install XP on your zip drive when it ask how to format? ;-) simply type FAT 32 it will work
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the only way is to do a complete reformat of your hard drive and relaod windows XP
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3 Easy steps to a full format\n\n1) BACK UP all relevant information, work, and personal files, a good rule to know what to keep is When in doubt KEEP THE FILE.\n\n2) GET YOUR ORIGINAL RESTORE DISKS find the original disks that came with your system, If you dont have them it´s probably best to go out to your computer dealer BEFORE you format. this is specially important for your video drivers, and other wierd bits.\n\n3) Format (Best if you can do it from the applications directly on your original restore disks) second do it directly from the kernel (Dos) and last but still useful go via windows.\n\nIf you backup first the worst thing that can happen is youll be off line for a couple of days until you bring a new system up to speed.