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littleknowitall · 04-19-2006, 04:46 PM

is there a way i can re-boot (as in wipe clean and refresh) my pc without the disc i got when i bought it? my pc's too plastered in files i dont want and overthrown with spyware and viruses and i can't delete half the crap.

mosesandtherubberducky · 04-19-2006, 05:09 PM

Go to My Computer

Right click Local Disk (C:)

Click Format...

Then click start. This will wipe everything out of your main partition but keep windows components.

tdoc210 · 04-19-2006, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moley

is there a way i can re-boot (as in wipe clean and refresh) my pc without the disc i got when i bought it? my pc's too plastered in files i dont want and overthrown with spyware and viruses and i can't delete half the crap.

ahem yeah do waht moses said, but we all know ur spyware and viruses are from yuor porn fetish

littleknowitall · 04-19-2006, 05:15 PM

its worth it.

littleknowitall · 04-19-2006, 05:22 PM

problem.

message coming up - windows can not format this drive. quit any disc utilities or other programs that are using this drive, and make sure that no window is displaying the content of this drive. then try formatting again.

mosesandtherubberducky · 04-19-2006, 05:23 PM

hmmm

Go into taskmanager and stop everything in the task manager (including your web browser) and then try again

littleknowitall · 04-19-2006, 05:28 PM

right didn't work again, by local disc do you mean HDD(c

cause thats the only one remotely similar i got.
wait new message...

littleknowitall · 04-19-2006, 05:31 PM

windows cannot format this drive, quit any disc utilities or other programs that are using this drive, make sure that no window is displayihng the contents of the drive. then try formatting again.

(i dont nkow what this means)

mosesandtherubberducky · 04-19-2006, 05:36 PM

K, (I have a program that lets me re-format partitions and make them and all so I don't have to deal with this) turn your computer off, on the boot screen it should say Dell or Compact (depending on what kind you have) press F2 (I think) and you should be able to reformat in there if not wait till ArmyofMe starts talking

littleknowitall · 04-19-2006, 05:38 PM

im not sure what you mean by this but ill turn my pc off and on and lets hope something jumps out at me. *holds breath*

04-19-2006, 05:09 PM	#12 (permalink)
mosesandtherubberducky butt say x Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: so i read the question as "Where YOU live" which was kinda funny instead of "Where you live" Posts: 1,649	Go to My Computer Right click Local Disk (C:) Click Format... Then click start. This will wipe everything out of your main partition but keep windows components. __________________ Can I have a youtube video for a sig? There's a thing that says "Wrap [YOUTUBE] tags around selected text"

04-19-2006, 05:23 PM	#16 (permalink)
mosesandtherubberducky butt say x Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: so i read the question as "Where YOU live" which was kinda funny instead of "Where you live" Posts: 1,649	hmmm Go into taskmanager and stop everything in the task manager (including your web browser) and then try again __________________ Can I have a youtube video for a sig? There's a thing that says "Wrap [YOUTUBE] tags around selected text"

04-19-2006, 05:36 PM	#19 (permalink)
mosesandtherubberducky butt say x Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: so i read the question as "Where YOU live" which was kinda funny instead of "Where you live" Posts: 1,649	K, (I have a program that lets me re-format partitions and make them and all so I don't have to deal with this) turn your computer off, on the boot screen it should say Dell or Compact (depending on what kind you have) press F2 (I think) and you should be able to reformat in there if not wait till ArmyofMe starts talking __________________ Can I have a youtube video for a sig? There's a thing that says "Wrap [YOUTUBE] tags around selected text"

04-19-2006, 04:46 PM	#11 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,671	is there a way i can re-boot (as in wipe clean and refresh) my pc without the disc i got when i bought it? my pc's too plastered in files i dont want and overthrown with spyware and viruses and i can't delete half the crap.

04-19-2006, 05:15 PM	#14 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,671	its worth it.

04-19-2006, 05:22 PM	#15 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,671	problem. message coming up - windows can not format this drive. quit any disc utilities or other programs that are using this drive, and make sure that no window is displaying the content of this drive. then try formatting again.

04-19-2006, 05:28 PM	#17 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,671	right didn't work again, by local disc do you mean HDD(c cause thats the only one remotely similar i got. wait new message...

04-19-2006, 05:31 PM	#18 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,671	windows cannot format this drive, quit any disc utilities or other programs that are using this drive, make sure that no window is displayihng the contents of the drive. then try formatting again. (i dont nkow what this means)

04-19-2006, 05:38 PM	#20 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,671	im not sure what you mean by this but ill turn my pc off and on and lets hope something jumps out at me. holds breath