how do you format c a laptop?

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  • Quotealex
    Confirmed User
    • Sep 2001
    • 6265

    #1

    how do you format c a laptop?

    I need the step by step procedure to reformat this virus infested laptop?

    Thanks
  • sonofsam
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Dec 2004
    • 18648

    #2
    http://www.basichardware.com/HowTo_Format.html
    http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313348
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    • mardigras
      Bon temps!
      • Feb 2003
      • 14194

      #3
      Do you have discs or is the reinstall junk on a partition?
      .

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      • Brother Bareback
        Confirmed User
        • Jan 2006
        • 279

        #4
        you wanna reinstall windows? just insert the cd in the drive and install like a fresh copy of windows

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        • Quotealex
          Confirmed User
          • Sep 2001
          • 6265

          #5
          Cool.
          Now a need a boot disk;)

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          • Quotealex
            Confirmed User
            • Sep 2001
            • 6265

            #6
            Originally posted by mardigras
            Do you have discs or is the reinstall junk on a partition?
            Yes I got the window xp but can't find my booting disk!

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            • Quotealex
              Confirmed User
              • Sep 2001
              • 6265

              #7
              Originally posted by Brother Bareback
              you wanna reinstall windows? just insert the cd in the drive and install like a fresh copy of windows
              Doesn't seem to work. Going to try it again.

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              • brizzad
                holla
                • Jul 2003
                • 11769

                #8
                Originally posted by Brother Bareback
                you wanna reinstall windows? just insert the cd in the drive and install like a fresh copy of windows

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                • mardigras
                  Bon temps!
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 14194

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Alex from Montreal
                  Yes I got the window xp but can't find my booting disk!
                  http://www.bootdisk.com/
                  .

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                  • aflex
                    Confirmed User
                    • Oct 2002
                    • 3127

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Alex from Montreal
                    Yes I got the window xp but can't find my booting disk!
                    you dont need a bootdisk.. just toss the CD in the CDROM.. reboot.. goto BIOS, and set your cdrom as the first device in boot order. reboot again and delete your C: partition, then create the new partition to proceed to install.. it will do a format when creating the new file system NTFS
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                    • 3M TA3
                      Confirmed User
                      • Aug 2005
                      • 2972

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Alex from Montreal
                      Yes I got the window xp but can't find my booting disk!
                      Alex, is XP on a partition or a disk? if it's ona disk just put it in your cd rom and make sure it looks for the cd rom in bios. if partition, hit F8 after the bios loads and it should give you an option for recovery.

                      good luck

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                      • Brother Bareback
                        Confirmed User
                        • Jan 2006
                        • 279

                        #12
                        Originally posted by brizzad
                        why laugh, that is how it is done, well, one way

                        I just did it last night on my laptop

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