I also wanted to know THE VERSION of such software you would suggest me to...
Thanx!
2007-02-02 00:26:15 · 5 answers · asked by Narcanto D 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
you need the operating system disk such as windows xp (which you can use to format and reload the operating system in one go)
All the drivers for your hardware, windows will usually have drivers for things such as floppy drive, CD, DVD etc but if you have things such as graphics cards, network cards, you will need the drivers for those.
All programs you use, you should have disks anyway...hopefully
BUT!!!!..... any files that you have created such as word files, excel files etc..need to be backed up onto floppy or cd rom before you format.
2007-02-02 00:32:06 · answer #1 · answered by Mark C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try UBUNTU, you only need the installation disk which has the drivers and will install the most commonally used programs. You can download it, or order a CD, at
http://www.ubuntu.com .
You will also get all the software, that you will ever need, FREE - See
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_software
2007-02-02 01:15:33 · answer #2 · answered by hitechsleuth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need all your drivers for your computer, chipset/audio/video/network, etc.... Without that dont even bother installing software because it wont work
btw, dos is not used anymore, they did away with it 10 years ago..
2007-02-02 00:29:26 · answer #3 · answered by keith s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all you need is the operating system discs for the OS you want to install. anyways dude, if you don't know this then maybe you shouldn't be formatting your computer after all.....
2007-02-02 01:10:35 · answer #4 · answered by Moyo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whichever versions of ms dos and windows are currently on it
2007-02-02 00:29:27 · answer #5 · answered by Russell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋