Alright I need to reformat my computer

**Requiem** · 02-15-2009, 05:46 PM

You need a windows CD to do a real format if you are really wanting to start over.

You go into your bios on startup (delete, or f8 i believe depending on the PC), set your PC to boot from CD-ROM first. Then start up with the CD in the drive.. wait till it asks to boot from CD and press a key.

Goes straight forward from there. Delete partition and create a new one, install to the new one.

Sometimes you can also just access a boot manager on startup by pressing another key (the keys are all listed at the bottom of your screen while starting up), and boot from CD there.

02-15-2009, 05:46 PM	#2
Requiem Posts: 19,299	You need a windows CD to do a real format if you are really wanting to start over. You go into your bios on startup (delete, or f8 i believe depending on the PC), set your PC to boot from CD-ROM first. Then start up with the CD in the drive.. wait till it asks to boot from CD and press a key. Goes straight forward from there. Delete partition and create a new one, install to the new one. Sometimes you can also just access a boot manager on startup by pressing another key (the keys are all listed at the bottom of your screen while starting up), and boot from CD there.