My computer was without any virus protection for about three weeks and no it is slower than a....well I can't think of anything...but it's slow. Last time this happened I wiped my whole hard drive and started fresh. I would like to do this again, and I am fine with reinstaling everything, just don't know how to erase the hard drive again.
(It's a Dell Dimension 4100 if that helps)
P.S. If answer is to long you can contact me through my email superhomer1221@yahoo.com
2006-11-20 04:45:35 · 4 answers · asked by superhomer1221 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
go to BIOS (rapidly press delete or f10 during startup) and set your computer to boot to cd. Insert your os cd and run through the installation. at one point, you should recieve a prompt about drive partitioning. delete all partitions you see here, then create a new one, format it using NTFS (either quick or standard, you should see a prompt or the computer will do it for you) and then reinstall your os.
Hope this helps!
2006-11-20 04:59:50 · answer #1 · answered by random_guy7531 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to http://free.grisoft.com to get a decent free anti-virus and anti-spyware program.
Install and run it to start cleaning out.
Also, you can go to http://www.safer-networking.org to get Spybot Search & Destroy to get another very good free anti-spyware program.
Ad-Aware is a third anti-spyware program found here - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware.
I would recommend running all three a few times to clear things up. Once you get your computer running back to 'normal' and you are reasonably certain things are OK, go to http://www.ccleaner.com and download ccleaner - a nice utility to clean up leftover files, and clean out your registry.
If you really want to wipe your system and start clean, it's pretty easy.
If you are installing WIndows XP (or even 98 or Me) then just boot the machine with the install CD inserted. You should be able to boot into the install. When asked what partition to install to, select the one that represents your hard drive and then Delete the active partition. Reformat to NTFS and go ahead with your new install.
2006-11-20 12:57:02 · answer #2 · answered by wyntre_2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use your windows disk, or you could try this.
Go to start>
all programs>
system tools>
now here there should be some options, one of which is to set you computer back to a different date (system restore); How ever, some systems offer you the option of instead of setting back to an earlier date, you can choose "restore factory settings" and you don't even need a disk.
2006-11-20 12:55:52 · answer #3 · answered by Tommy B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boot from the CD
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313348
2006-11-20 12:52:50 · answer #4 · answered by intel233 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋