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should i reformat?..
hey,
ok i've never reformatted my computer and lately its been giving me lots of shit. of course, i don't want to lose everything. i have a second HD so if i move all the stuff i want to keep over to that...i shouldn't have any problems right? and what about my ethernet card...it has separate software...would i need to reinstall that too?? i'm a little scared 
Always back up all your stuff on CDs... cuz u just never know 
And yeah you would have to reinstall the software on your ethernet card if it's not recognized by your pc 
Just out of curiosity, how long have you had your pc for?
Providing you format the right hard drive (
) there shouldn't be a problem. It ought to be as simple as moving all the stuff you want to keep to that second hard drive, then popping your Windows install disc in and going from there. I think.
You will probably need to put that extra software on in order for your ethernet card to work.
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| Originally posted by LoCa Always back up all your stuff on CDs... cuz u just never know And yeah you would have to reinstall the software on your ethernet card if it's not recognized by your pc Just out of curiosity, how long have you had your pc for? |
a lot of people recommend reformating once or twice a year. I reformat my computer about once a year, backing up everything that i would like to have on the new clean disk. It'll work out any kinks with ur machine, usually. ugh, i hate it when reformatting doesn't solve the problem. anyways, go for the reformat and give u a clean start
thats what i'm hoping will happen...i've just got so many probs all the time with it. then when i coudn't get my new mp3 player software to install correctly or emc to work...that was the last straw hehehe...
and what about my cd-rw drive...do you think that will read properly...it came installed with my computer when i bought it??
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| Originally posted by Floorfiller about three years |
yeah i know...all the shit i dl is catching up with me hehehe...but isn't it a pain to reinstall all your shit all the time...
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| Originally posted by Floorfiller about three years |
no formatting in 3yrs!!
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| Originally posted by Floorfiller and what about my cd-rw drive...do you think that will read properly...it came installed with my computer when i bought it?? |
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| Originally posted by LoCa Yah thats fine, it'll be detected by your puter |
Its funny you ask about this because I reformated 2 days ago, I have 2 drivers C: which is for windows, games and proggies and D: with is for MP3's, porn and games to burn ... the C:\ is 40gb and D:\ is 60GB, so I only formated the C drive and reinstall whatever I had to since I had it backed up, I NEVER format or will format D:\ cuz I cant back it up since I have 40GB on it 
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| Originally posted by ThaDevil Its funny you ask about this because I reformated 2 days ago, I have 2 drivers C: which is for windows, games and proggies and D: with is for MP3's, porn and games to burn ... the C:\ is 40gb and D:\ is 60GB, so I only formated the C drive and reinstall whatever I had to since I had it backed up, I NEVER format or will format D:\ cuz I cant back it up since I have 40GB on it |
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| Originally posted by Floorfiller yeah...my C: = 15 GB and my E: = 120 GB...i don't think i'll be backing all that up hehehe |
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| Originally posted by Floorfiller i have defraged my compooper thats good right |
Dont worry. Everything on your other HD will remain uneffected (if you dont format the wrong one, of course ). You will have to reinstall EVERYTHING - this includes drivers for your video, network, and sound card, as well as things like DirectX, Windows service packs and whatnot. CD Rom drives and un-formatted HD's dont need any drivers (tho you will probably need to reinstall your CDRW's burning software). Make sure you have all the necessary drivers and such gathered and backed up on your second HD if necessary.
To format, just grab ye old windows CD, put it in your CD rom tray, then reboot. Right around the time when you hear your computer beep as it starts up, press delete to get into your bios (it may be another key on your computer, tho its more often than not delete). You can spam the key if you want to, it wont hurt nothin. Once in your bios, look around for the setting of Primary Boot Device. Change this to CD Rom, and put HDD-0 (or whatever your main OS HD is) as secondary boot device. Then save/exit, restart, and boot up from the windows CD. Follow the instructions to format and reinstall windows. And there you go.
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| Originally posted by nrjizer Dont worry. Everything on your other HD will remain uneffected (if you dont format the wrong one, of course ). You will have to reinstall EVERYTHING - this includes drivers for your video, network, and sound card, as well as things like DirectX, Windows service packs and whatnot. CD Rom drives and un-formatted HD's dont need any drivers (tho you will probably need to reinstall your CDRW's burning software). Make sure you have all the necessary drivers and such gathered and backed up on your second HD if necessary. To format, just grab ye old windows CD, put it in your CD rom tray, then reboot. Right around the time when you hear your computer beep as it starts up, press delete to get into your bios (it may be another key on your computer, tho its more often than not delete). You can spam the key if you want to, it wont hurt nothin. Once in your bios, look around for the setting of Primary Boot Device. Change this to CD Rom, and put HDD-0 (or whatever your main OS HD is) as secondary boot device. Then save/exit, restart, and boot up from the windows CD. Follow the instructions to format and reinstall windows. And there you go. |
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