How To Do Just About Everything
By eHow Computers Editor
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No matter how careful you are with your computer, over time your machine will run slower and eventually your Windows program will need a fresh start. Adding numerous third-party software installations, creating and deleting thousands of documents, downloading files from the Internet, and installing way too many software patches will take its toll on your hard drive. Reformat your hard drive and reinstall Windows to get all running smoothly once again.
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SweetHope said
on 10/8/2008 I used this to reformat 2 laptops that became infected by a virus that nothing could seem to get rid of. This article helped alot. I'm glad I found it.
HEER0YUY said
on 2/17/2008 i put my cd in of windows xp pro, and i get all the way to were it saids Choose a file system for the hard drive from the list provided and then click "Enter" to reformat your hard drive. The NTFS file system is usually recommended, since it offers more security features and is more reliable and i click D for delete or even enter or esc, it pulls up a error screen saying it has shut my computer down so it wouldnt harm my computer. how do u get pass that i got no OPS on it. its a hp
panchot6179 said
on 1/9/2008 My computer recently crashed and I figured the best way to fix it would was to erase everything by formatting my hard drive. I went through deleting the partition, creating a new partition, and formating my hard drive from my xp-pro disk. I have several problems now. First, instead of saving everything to a cd ROM, I saved all the stuff I wanted to keep on my second hard drive. I thought I saved everything, but it appears that only some of actually saved. It may be hidden somewhere on my other drive. Is there any way to recover that? Some folders are there in name only. When I try to open them they are empty. I probably lost everything so I guess that's just a lesson learned the hard way. My next problem is assigning the letter to the newly reformatted drive. I want it to be "C" but I can't find how to do it from the disk.
Jauchart said
on 8/23/2007 Hi,
I made it as far as Step 5. Instead of getting the "Press ENTER to set up Windows XP" message, however, I got this: "Set up did not find any hard disk drives installed on your computer. Make sure any HD drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer, and tat any disk-related hardware configuration is correct. This may involve running a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic or setup program. Setup cannot continue. To quit setup, press F3."
Actually, I have 2 75-GB hard drives arranged in a SATA RAID 0 configuration, divided into C and D partitions. Any ideas on how I can get the program to recognize them, so I can continue with the reformat?
Thanks
Jauchart said
on 8/23/2007 Hi,
I made it as far as Step 5. Instead of getting the "Press ENTER to set up Windows XP" message, however, I got this: "Set up did not find any hard disk drives installed on your computer. Make sure any HD drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer, and tat any disk-related hardware configuration is correct. This may involve running a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic or setup program. Setup cannot continue. To quit setup, press F3."
Actually, I have 2 75-GB hard drives arranged in a SATA RAID 0 configuration, divided into C and D partitions. Any ideas on how I can get the program to recognize them, so I can continue with the reformat?
Thanks