I need to reformat my computer, and when i do it says something weird. How can i reformat?
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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.
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could easily be ur PC. clean it out. if you have like 1 gig of space or less on your hard drive i noticed the computer will go into like... order or priority mode where it takes forever to do anything unless its directly related to your operating system. reformat! or clean up ur pc =/
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Try to use Norton Ghost which will be more helpful to reformat the system to its initial positon. \n\nOnce u installed all necessary s/w try to take a copy of a partition. Norton Ghost will do it for u. it will save as a Image file.\nOnce u do that it will be used as a source for recreating the partition. \n\nWhen there is any system crash use boot disk to enter OS. then run ghost to overwrite the partition. Now u can see that the system is ready with all necessary s/w within 15 - 25 minutes.
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You cannot format a Windows installation from Windows.  So if this drive has your operating system, and you don't have a Windows XP cd, you cannot reformat it.  Unless you have a Windows 98 startup disk on a floppy.\n\nIf you have that, restart your computer and press del to enter setup at the prompt, change the boot sequence to floppy first, put the floppy into the a: drive, press F10 to save and exit bios, then the computer will boot the floppy and you get an a:&#92; prompt.  Then type   format c:\n\nBut you likely will have to delete the non-fat partition first and repartition and then format the drive.  You will need to type fdisk at the prompt to do that.\n\nThen you will have a formatted drive partitioned with FAT 32.\n\nAnd no operating system.\n\nIf this drive is just a secondary drive, you can navigate to it in My Computer, right click and choose format.
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If your XP OS resides on C drive, reformat C drive means wiping everything out, including the XP OS. And you will need to reinstall the XP as well as all the applications and device drivers you are using rightnow.
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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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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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You can format by using a widoows startup disc. Or simply right click on the drve icon and select format action.  I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.Some RAM/ hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
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When you start the installation for XP, it'll ask you to format or remove the current partition.  You can remove all partitions and reformat this way.
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try deleting some things you dont need. if that doesnt work, backup all the files you need and reformat your computer (especially if you've been using your computer for more than a year)\n\nreformatting can be a big hassle, however. maybe you could download a free spyware scanner and run that on your system? you probably have some spyware. i also reccommend that you get ahold of a virus scanner.
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Your best option when parting with a computer would be to do a complete system re-format. Did you get a system restore cd with the machine? Or do you have a Windows operating system cd you could use to re-install from scratch? If not....find a friend who can do it for you!
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Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > system Restore, follow the steps, it's really easy.\n\n\nBACK UP YOUR DATA FIRST.\n\nSystem restore, resets changes you have made to your computer....\n\nAsk a question again and say what problem you are having with your computer
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You will probably have to clean the harddrive and then reformat it. It has like 15 registry lines and if you miss one, it comes back.
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I'm assuming you've already installed the drivers and whatnot.\n\n1. Open My Computer\n\n2. Right-click on the Maxtor drive's icon\n\n3. Choose Format ...
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There are a couple of steps you should take before going to the extremes of FORMATTING YOUR PC.  \n\n1. Get into safe mode and run a chkdsk/f\n2. Run a spyware/malware removal software\n3. Run antivirus software.  \n4. If all else fails go into safe mode and revert back to a restore point.
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hate to say it bud, but it sounds like you are going to need to reformat completely.\n\nIt didnt fully copy all the earlier info, so theres not alot you can really do.
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If you are using Windows. Go to commant prompt,\nwrite 'format /?' there. You will find how to format