Ok. My comp (Not this one) Is just swimming with viruses, the desktop won't work, it takes a half hour to boot up and the internet will not work. You are going to think I am crazy for asking this, but..... How do you delete everything on the computer without using a special program or the ineternet?
**[Serious answers please.]**
If you can't help, please don't answer.
Thanks so much.
2007-07-22 11:52:12 · 8 answers · asked by Heffalump32 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
now what u want to do is go to system restore in windows. this will let u set ur computer back to the state it was at any date that it recorded.. now just set it back to a day where ur computer was OK
next time.. keep up on ur computer and run Ad-aware from download.com to keep spyware and viruses out
dont forget to keep up on deleting temporary internet files and history that can make ur computer slower
2007-07-22 12:02:03 · answer #1 · answered by Devan the G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to hear the system got so junked up. Do you have access the installation CD? Do you have a floppy drive? Make a boot disk from the files you can download at www.bootdisk.com. You will have to learn a copy DOS commands. To completed wipe it out for a clean install, boot from the floppy and fdisk, delete and recreate the partition, the format it. Boot from the install CD and run thru the setup process. Oh, you will need the serial number for the Windows too.
2007-07-22 11:59:46 · answer #2 · answered by ohio44903 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Insert Windows CD
2. You will see a menu that shows the different partitions on your computer (usually only one). Press "D" and then press "L". All your stuff is now gone, viruses and all.
3. Proceed with Windows installation, after creating a new partition.
4. Get some anti-virus software, like avast! or ClamWin. Please?
2007-07-22 11:57:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think what you should do is reinstall the OS all over again if you have the CD(complete reinstall). it's better to reinstall the OS than to erase the hard drive because when you delete the the hard drive, the files don't really erase. when you reinstall the OS, the computer feels like it's new.
to tell you the truth, erasing the hard drive wont really help much
2007-07-22 12:06:31 · answer #4 · answered by cmoven 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
- boot with windows cd
- when you are asked to choose the partition, delete c: then make them again
- install in c: and format
- at the end, scan with antivirus, antispy, antiaddware, all hard.
- you don't need to delete other files in other partition than c: you only need to scan for viruses.
but, scan before and after installing windows.
2007-07-22 12:11:28 · answer #5 · answered by K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you don't mind loosing all your stuff then during boot you will see a prompt to begin system restore i think it is f11. this will take your computer back to the very first time you turned it on.
2007-07-22 11:59:51 · answer #6 · answered by jsyco1558 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if i were you...i would think, first of all...in hardware's problems...ram memory is one thing, very possible to do it...
second of all ...the hard disc trouble, bad cluster... and so on...
i do not recommend you to format c:\ without eliminate those items in doubt.....because you'll have much more work to do that...i say to re-install operate system
2007-07-22 12:18:34 · answer #7 · answered by J-LAN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only way is to re-format and re-install windows. try getting yourself a copy of windows and re-installing it. or you can download the diskette drive from the manufacturer hard drive website.
2007-07-22 11:56:17 · answer #8 · answered by xxvietxthugzxx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋