How do I wipe everthing of my HP Pavillion so it's like a new laptop again?

Question

My computer is running to slow now, a lot of spam and adware is killing me. I just wanna wipe it clean like it was when I first bought it. Is there anyway to do this when it's starting up?

Answer 1

Backup the files that you want to keep (if you do) and use the XP (assuming) CD and format the drive, or if you have the restore Cd's, use those as they should set your computer back to like it was when you first bought it.

You can also use these to see if these help before you do a reinstall


Anti - Spyware Scanners
There are several Anti-Spyware Scanners out
there and some can be mis-leading and some are
what are called Rogue Anti-Spyware Programs.
Most of the time, users, don't know which ones
are good and which ones are bad.

Most of these that are bad usually charge or try
to get the user to pay for that product. Also,
some of these products will show a screen (nag)
to the user when their machine is booted up and
on the desktop.
For a list of these Rogue Anti-Spyware products,
you can go here as they try to keep up on all the
Rogue Software that is on the market place.
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

Also a good place to go and do some testing of your
own and find what you think is a good program for
you and what you read.
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/uiuc/soft6.htm

Run , Install and Update these

Anti - Spyware :
Here are some nice tools to use for Anti-Spyware.

Spyware Blaster addes Active-X Kill bits to the registry.
Spyware Blaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html

SuperAntiSpyware scans your system for just that, Spyware.
Super Anti Spyware http://www.superantispyware.com/

Also here is a link to scan what is running on your system
in real time. Click this and choose YES to the Active-X
Find our whats running on your computer
http://www.fileresearchcenter.com/whatsrunning.html


X-Cleaner is another nice util that finds just about anything
dealing with spyware,adware and malware as well as some
other nasty stuff.
X-Cleaner http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php

Answer 2

You could go use the system restore functionality included within Pavillion laptops, if you're using Windows Media Center. I think there's a start menu entry for that. If there is none, it is probably safest to run the system restore on boot (e.g., press F10 just before the boot screen starts). It will take you to your system restore.

Answer 3

Use the cd/dvd that came with your computer. Once you have this done, stop going to sites that give you viruses and spyware, ie P2P sites like Lime Wire.

Answer 4

formatting is the best way but if u do not want to format ur PC u can follow following steps
1 Uninstall all ur softwares from ur pc
2.Defrag all ur driver
3.clean them through clean manager
u can use a register editor to repair ur files
delete all virus files and internet files
and then use ur windows CD to run a repair console (WARNING: repairing console may damage ur windows if CD is pirated )

Answer 5

If its a newer laptop hit the f10 key at startup and do a destructive recovery...It wipes out all your stuff,except for the originall software and druvers

Answer 6

looks like a utility is using the processor's memory. it fairly is many times the stronger modern-day uploaded & put in utility. if so uninstall it & optimistically this could fix the subject. additionally replace drivers & & ask mom to augment the ram in case you're able to desire to

Answer 7

Hire a professional!

Answer 8

That's what your Recovery disks are for, read the manual.

Answer 9

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