i want my comp to be like new just came out of the box fast i have tried system recovery but i have to many useless programs and it would take forever to delete them does any body know how i can format my drive because my hp laptop didnt come with a recovery disk. plz help thx
2007-11-19 09:56:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
You can boot into dos and format C: which is pointless since
I'm assuming you'll want to install windows again, so you need a windows CD + working CD key just put the CD in restart your computer, make sure that CD is higher up in the bootlist than harddrive. The windows installation should start up and through that you can format your hard drive, then it will proceed to install.
If my assumption was incorrect, you can go to http://www.bootdisk.com and get an MS-DOS boot disk and boot into DOS. Type in format C: unless your drive is mapped to a different letter, it will completely wipe your harddrive.
2007-11-19 10:02:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all do you have Anti Virus that has scanned your computer? Second I.E. isnt the best browser. You should switch to Firefox. Yes you can use the recovery disk to reinstall windows. just boot up the disk and select restore to factory settings etc. BUT FORMATTING WILL DELETE ALL DATA!! so back up first!
2016-05-24 06:00:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should have an option to skip recovery disk.
2007-11-19 09:59:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either cleanup your drive or buy an xp cd
2007-11-19 14:10:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Your simplest solution may be to add another drive.
2007-11-19 10:01:41 · answer #5 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋