Absolute Restart

Dylanj123 · 04-12-2006, 09:56 PM

Hey I dont know if this is the wrong area to post this if it is please rediresct me.
My question was my now that I have a laptop of my own my dad wants to totally reboot the whole computer and to start from scratch. It was a prebuilt system so we dont have the discs for windows. I was wondering how you do this? Thanks in advance
Dylan

Motoxrdude · 04-12-2006, 10:29 PM

You would need an OS cd. If you dont want to pay any money, there are a lot of free linux versions.

wasisnt · 04-13-2006, 12:14 AM

If you bought it with the OS on it then it should come with a Windows CD, Recovery CD or have a partition on the drive that has the recovery files.

Otherwise you are going to have to buy a copy of Windows (or other OS) and do a clean installation. Or you can leave it as is and just clean it up if its running good.

m0nk3ys1ms · 04-13-2006, 01:09 AM

you may be better to format and reinstall. it will clean your hdd from files and things you may not know about.

Motoxrdude · 04-13-2006, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkeysims

you may be better to format and reinstall. it will clean your hdd from files and things you may not know about.

If you format, it will get rid of everything, lol.

Verve · 04-13-2006, 01:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Motoxrdude

If you format, it will get rid of everything, lol.

Thats what flash drives are for

Dylanj123 · 04-13-2006, 11:26 AM

It has got a D drive that is partioned off its about 6GB's big abd always has been. What do i do to redo it all?
Dylan

helmie · 04-13-2006, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dylanj123

It has got a D drive that is partioned off its about 6GB's big abd always has been. What do i do to redo it all?
Dylan

You can make partitions while you are installing windows, or After windows has been installed using Norton Partition Magic.

Dylanj123 · 04-13-2006, 02:47 PM

It came with the pation almost full so I'm guessing that HP already did that part for me, but I still dont know how to restart everything?
Dylan

ramdge · 04-13-2006, 02:54 PM

If the laptop is an HP it will most likely have a recovery partition.

Turn the laptop off then back on and watch the screen. It will
probably say something like press F10 or F12 for recovery partition.

Press whatever key it asks for and follow the instructions.

Be aware that it will most likely remove EVERYTHING from the
laptop.

Before you try to recover the laptop you might go into XP and
check under Start-Programs and then look for HP Tools etc or
anything with HP and see if you have the option to burn
recovery CD's. If you do and have a CD Burner, it's always
good to burn the CD's before using the recovery partition in
case something is messed up on the recovery partition and
it doesn't work correctly.

04-12-2006, 09:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dylanj123 Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Victoria, Australia Age: 17 Posts: 148	Absolute Restart Hey I dont know if this is the wrong area to post this if it is please rediresct me. My question was my now that I have a laptop of my own my dad wants to totally reboot the whole computer and to start from scratch. It was a prebuilt system so we dont have the discs for windows. I was wondering how you do this? Thanks in advance Dylan

04-12-2006, 10:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
Motoxrdude Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nor Cal Age: 17 Posts: 5,852	You would need an OS cd. If you dont want to pay any money, there are a lot of free linux versions. __________________ RIP Mom 9/17/55-02/22/08.

04-13-2006, 12:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
wasisnt Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 121	If you bought it with the OS on it then it should come with a Windows CD, Recovery CD or have a partition on the drive that has the recovery files. Otherwise you are going to have to buy a copy of Windows (or other OS) and do a clean installation. Or you can leave it as is and just clean it up if its running good. __________________ PC Help and Tips

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m0nk3ys1ms Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hanover, IN Age: 16 Posts: 4,276	you may be better to format and reinstall. it will clean your hdd from files and things you may not know about. __________________ Soon to be new rig: CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 w/ AC Freezer 7 Pro Mobo: DFI BloodIron P35-T2RL GPU: ASUS Radeon HD4850 512MB RAM: 4GB G.SKILL DDR2-800 PSU: Rosewill 550W HDD: 250GB Seagate (16MB Cache) Monitor: 27" LCD Sound: Logitech X-530 (5.1) OS: Vista Ultimate x64

04-13-2006, 11:26 AM	#7 (permalink)
Dylanj123 Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Victoria, Australia Age: 17 Posts: 148	It has got a D drive that is partioned off its about 6GB's big abd always has been. What do i do to redo it all? Dylan __________________ Dell Inspiron 6400 (laptop) Family PC (Soon to be my computer) CPU: 1.83ghz Duo Core 2 Duo e6300 :CPU GPU: ATi Raedon X1400 256MB nVidia 7600GS :GPU HDD: 100GB 7200rpm 250GB 7200rpm :HDD RAM: 1x1GB 2x 512MB :RAM Screen: 15.4" LCD 19" LCD :Screen Optical: DVD Burner DVD Burner :Optical

04-13-2006, 02:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
Dylanj123 Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Victoria, Australia Age: 17 Posts: 148	It came with the pation almost full so I'm guessing that HP already did that part for me, but I still dont know how to restart everything? Dylan __________________ Dell Inspiron 6400 (laptop) Family PC (Soon to be my computer) CPU: 1.83ghz Duo Core 2 Duo e6300 :CPU GPU: ATi Raedon X1400 256MB nVidia 7600GS :GPU HDD: 100GB 7200rpm 250GB 7200rpm :HDD RAM: 1x1GB 2x 512MB :RAM Screen: 15.4" LCD 19" LCD :Screen Optical: DVD Burner DVD Burner :Optical

04-13-2006, 02:54 PM	#10 (permalink)
ramdge Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 49	If the laptop is an HP it will most likely have a recovery partition. Turn the laptop off then back on and watch the screen. It will probably say something like press F10 or F12 for recovery partition. Press whatever key it asks for and follow the instructions. Be aware that it will most likely remove EVERYTHING from the laptop. Before you try to recover the laptop you might go into XP and check under Start-Programs and then look for HP Tools etc or anything with HP and see if you have the option to burn recovery CD's. If you do and have a CD Burner, it's always good to burn the CD's before using the recovery partition in case something is messed up on the recovery partition and it doesn't work correctly. __________________ Donnie www.ramdge.com

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