crappy comaq

[capt_ka]

i have a cousin that lost all of his computer discs and motherboard discs and crap like that. he has lost the windpws xp cd too . can he still format the c drive by right clicking and click format then do the system restore that is the d drive? i know when i formatted mine i needed to have all the disks but is there any otheer way? it is a comaq presiario.

 

[Travo925]

you will need a windows disc, or boot off an f disc in the floppy to completely reformat your boot harddrive...

 

[jshah41]

any]can he still format the c drive by right clicking

No he cant, coz you cant format c: drive when u r running windows. windosw xp is in C: drive.

You must need a Windows Xp CD-rom if you format ur hard drive (c: drive). but if you format any other drive then u wont need any cd.

System restore is very helpfull, you can try it.

 

[capt_ka]

we did sytem retore but the viruses were still there and a week later it was right back to where we started

 

[capt_ka]

and also when i formatted my harddrive i needed the sound card software and the mother board and graphics card software and they dont have all that stuff

 

[Praetor]

and also when i formatted my harddrive i needed the sound card software and the mother board and graphics card software and they dont have all that stuff

Goto the compaq site, find the make and model of the system you're working on and download the drivers beforehand

 

[capt_ka]

ok , and one more thing can they get another copy of windows xp from the compaq website if it is under warrenty or something?