How do I format my computer?, Because it's slow as hell. |
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Medical Meccanica |
Dec 13 2008, 06:37 PM
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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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Nana |
Dec 13 2008, 07:28 PM
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If you don't want to reinstall, right click on the hard drive under "Explore" and click "Format".
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Liger |
Dec 14 2008, 12:43 AM
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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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Lite-Yoshi |
Dec 23 2008, 03:57 PM
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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.
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Xel |
Mar 21 2009, 03:06 PM
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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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