i need to reformat my computer?
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Get a good virus scann program and scan your computer to include the boot sector.  Also make a bootable disk and do a scan from of your c drive from the disk.  When you scan are complete and your machine is virus free backup your data to CD or DVD.  If you still need to format then do it at that time.  \n\nReformatting your computer is of no use if the files that you want to keep are infected.  You will just be restoring infected files back to your computer.\n\nOnly reformat if necessary.
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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 can use a program like CCleaner (freeware) and manually uninstall all of your programs. You can then reformat the drive. If you perform an OS reinstall, don't select repair. Reinstall the OS fresh, and that will remove everything and start over.
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Stick the Microsoft operating system disk in the computer and reinstall telling it to reformat the hard drive. Before you do that, be sure to backup what ever you want to save. Works like a charm.
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When your programs start running low or  you just want to "clean" and start over with a clean version of windows, you will format your computer. \nOK. In order to do so, you will need your copy of windows or your set of recovery discs (in case you bought a computer that already had programs installed in them.) keep in mind that you will lose everything you had installed and saved in your PC. BACK UP  before you format. \nThere are two ways to format your PC;\n1) use your recovery discs as promted by your pc. (That is in case you were given those)\n2)go to:    start>all programs> accesories>command promt>     type  "Format c:\nit will format your PC.\nDont forget to Back up all important information before     you procceed to do anything.\nAfter the format proccess just insert your Windows install disc and let it do its job.
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Put in the Windows CD (assuming you have windows) and there should be an option to reformat, then let her go! (This is for  Windows XP)
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Use Disk Utility in your Utilities folder to reformat it.\n\nOpen Disk Utility\nHighlight your volume in the sidebar\nclick the Erase tab\nchoose "MS-DOS" for format\nclick Erase\n\nDisk Utility will automatically choose FAT-32 or FAT-16, depending on your disk size.  Your 100 Gig disk will be formatted in FAT-32 format.
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Reformat the hard drive and reinstall Windows.
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if you have been reformated your PC all your files will be DELETED.. so before you reformat your PC make a BACK-UP to those files that are very IMPORTANT to you..
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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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You should be able to unistall the old one. If they were windows, it should ask you to overwrite the old version.
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The first thing you wanna do is copy onto disk all of your important files.  Then use the original system disks that came with your computer, place them in your CD drive and it walk you through reformatting and reinstalling your operating system
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Latch onto an external hard drive...shove all your important files in it. then basically wipe the whole damn hard drive, and reinstall the operating system. and when you do...partition your hard drive
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Just reformat it as you would any device, plug it in, go to my computer, right click on it and format!
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Well u should take it to a technician, and only if they will guarantee in writing not to lose your files.  Formatting will definately lose your files.  And, also, u have to delete windows from the old drive too.
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The proper command is FDISK executed from DOS.\n\nBUT DON'T DO IT UNTIL YOU __FULLY__ UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!!!\n\nYou will lose EVERYTHING on the disk.\n\nBIOS is on a chip and will not be lost.\n\nThe details of reformatting are specific to the operating system (Windows version) that you are using, not the hardware (ThinkPad).\n\nSuggest you go to Microsoft Support for your operating system and read about reformatting a hard disk until you understand it.\n\nIt is too complicated and risky to give you adequate advice here.
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1) Backup any data and/or files you want to save onto disc\n2) Take your Operating System software (Windows/Linux) disc and insert it in your CD-Rom\n3) Reboot\n4) When you see "Press any key to boot from CD...", press a key - it will begin the reformat process.\n5) When the blue screen comes up showing your partitioned space, delete and recreate it, then let it load the software up