12-20-2010, 05:38 AM | #1 (permalink) |
see the links to my music?
Location: Beautiful British Columbia
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I want to format my laptop
......but the damn thing won't let me.
.......i go to my computer,right click my C drive......format, this will erase everything........please close all windows and try again.........am i doing this wrong. AARARRARRRR HELP! |
12-20-2010, 06:01 AM | #2 (permalink) |
Knight of the Old Republic
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
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You can't do it like that. You need to put in the Windows DVD and boot to it before Windows comes up, or use the DVD software to reinstall Windows (it'll ask if you want to format after it reboots your PC).
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12-20-2010, 06:18 AM | #3 (permalink) |
see the links to my music?
Location: Beautiful British Columbia
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thank you kindly sir.........i will put the disc in,wait for it to ask me to format....then will it reload the software,or will i be prompted to do so after the formatting is done?
and again,thanks for the quick response. |
12-20-2010, 08:30 AM | #4 (permalink) |
Knight of the Old Republic
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
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It should go by itself with minimal interaction once you boot and tell it what you want to do. After formatting the hard drive it will copy the install files to your drive by itself, then the PC will probably reboot and start the install.
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12-20-2010, 10:52 AM | #8 (permalink) | |
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Quote:
If you want to do a fresh, this-hard-drive-has-nothing-but-zeros install of the operating system, follow these steps:
Ref: Format Hard Drive: How to Format a Hard Drive, Reinstall Windows, Wipe ALL Data Now TECHNICALLY you're probably only modifying the partition tables and doing a quick format, rather than a full format. It depends on what your goal is. If you're trying to hide Soviet-era nuclear submarine plans, this isn't the way to do it. But for most other purposes, this works. |
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12-21-2010, 06:28 PM | #10 (permalink) |
immoral minority
Location: Back in Ohio
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Install Linux, you can definitely format the drive when you put a different file system (ext4).
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12-22-2010, 08:18 AM | #12 (permalink) |
see the links to my music?
Location: Beautiful British Columbia
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i wanna nuke the whole comp,any partitions,any files......gone........don't need them,don't want them.
i wanna kill it all..........then put the windows system back on the freshly formatted computer... |
12-22-2010, 08:49 AM | #13 (permalink) |
zomgomgomgomgomgomg
Location: Fauxenix, Azerona
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If that's all you want to do, you just need a windows disk, and select 'format' during the install. You just do a 'new install' and select the existing partition and it will nuke all the data.
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12-23-2010, 06:04 AM | #15 (permalink) |
Knight of the Old Republic
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
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You're choosing a wrong option. You have to choose to format the hard drive when it asks, not simply reinstall Windows. If you see remnants of your old setup then it's not formatting the hard drive.
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12-24-2010, 11:02 AM | #16 (permalink) |
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Location: Kingston,Ontario
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What kind of laptop is it? Most of the laptops I've seen come with a disc to restore the disk to factory condition. This would be the best option as it would partition it correctly and put any OEM software on hidden partitions, if any. It would install all the correct drivers for the hardware and any free software the laptop came with.
If you start with a generic Windows disk, you may have to search the internet for drivers and have to go through Microsoft's procedures to force a format, partition, etc.
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