I have tons of pictures, schools papers, etc. on my computer, and I want to keep the files, but reformat my system aka get it back to factory condition. What are my best options? Anything goes, except I dont have an external harddrive which Is what i would like to do. I do have dvds, and cds, and 4gb flash drive, and 4gb and 1gb sd cards... Maybe partition my hardrive or something... I don't know I'm asking the experts!
I tried to reformat vista home P. I followed all the steps to get to the advance boot option, selected Repair Your Computer, It went directly to log me on, there was no click Dell Factory Image Restore, no Yes, reformat hard drive and restore system software to factory conditions. It took me to the standard log on window. I tried this 3 times with no luck for a reformat to factory condition.
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View 9 Replies View Relatedim using a dell PC. ive no clue on how to reformat my dell pc. i want to delete all the stuff inside my com cuz its so messy n load of viruses..currently i haf these discs: Reinstallation DVD Windows Vista Home Basic 32BIT. DVD for Reinstalling Dell Dimension and Dell XPS Computer Software. DVD for Reinstalling Cyberlink PowerDVD 2.0 Software n other softwares
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View 7 Replies View RelatedUsing Vista 64 I want to completley reformat my harddrive and reinstall vista but it doesnt seem to want to let me delete everything it wants to backup some files and put them in a windows.old folder. I obtained a virus that cant be removed by any program (I've literaly tried everything spent days trying) I just want to reformat with no backups. I remember reformating reinstalling windows XP by using a dos command after bios like /reformat C: or something? How do I completely reformat my main drive in Vista?
View 5 Replies View RelatedWell I've been able to get this stupid MSI P6N Diamond MB to run okay but just getting fustraited over the way it would act up. Anyway I ended up going shopping and now have a Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition Processor, GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P 1366 X58 MB and 12 gigs of CORSAIR DOMINATOR (6 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 on the way. Hopefully I will die before I ever need to upgrade anything else.....
Well with upping the memory, figured 12 would be better than 6 for x64 systems now the PSU calculator says I will need 566W so still less than my PSU. Only other thing I wonder is is Vista smart enough that I can just move the HD's from my current sytem or should I expect that I'll have to reformat and reinstall Vista x64
Going to wait til the clock strikes 12:01 to due my reformat & restore so all registers read 2009. To many bugs & problems, can't take it anymore.
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View 9 Replies View RelatedI have Vista 64 OEM and have been using it for about 3 weeks. I decided to buy XP again and made a dual-boot setup. The problem is that I had to remove Vista to install XP first. Now, after I reinstalled Vista its saying that my old activation activation code is "already in use." I haven't installed any new hardware. Is there a way to tell it that this is the same computer, just with Vista reinstalled?
View 9 Replies View Relatedi have a gateway M-1625 laptop. when i start the laptop, it starts off normal and then this screen pops up:
then after i press <F1> Continue it goes into this screen:
the only abnormality i found was in the bios, the boot settings always turn to this even after i reset them to defaults:
i already tried using Alt+F10 to try and reformat my computer to factory defaults, but that doesnt even work.
I keep getting the blue screen and it crashed on me several times freezing and the only way to get rid of the freeze was to manually restart. I reformatted my computer. Everything has run smoothly until the second week, no freezing but the blue screen just comes up! Ever since that time it come up it does it now at least 2-3 times a day. I don't know what to do with this computer anymore. -Sony Vaio VGN-CS115J. I've installed two different registry repairs and it seems to make everything worse than it already is. I run chkdsk and it gives me just the information "chkdsk /f" doesn't work. How can I repair what the chkdsk has encountered?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have installed a video card awhile back and have a few hypothetical questions. If I had a problem that should pop up that I couldn't fix and need to reformat can I leave my video card and a proceed as normal. Would I have to remove card because it is not part of original system configuration and reinstall after the reformat. I don't know why I didn't ask about this when I got my video card but it never came to my attention. Now that it has I am kind of stumped and worried. Any body gone through something similar and what where the results.
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Log Name: System
Source: disk
Date: 1/6/2009 2:13:54 PM
Event ID: 7
Task Category: None
Level: Error...............
While dealing with tech support from a peripherals company regarding a mouse problem, they had me check for certain system files, and we determined that several appeared to missing, including input.inf, msmouse.inf, and hidusd.sys. Someone suggested I use System File Checker (sfc / scannow), but this did not restore the files, and give error messages telling me that there were corrupted files but they could not be repaired. what might have happened to these files (and any others that might also be missing) and more importantly, how can I get them back.
View 6 Replies View RelatedThere must be a way to be sure all Vista and W7 system files are signed (not corrupted). I've researched and have not found a way.
View 8 Replies View Relatedi was in a process of removing virus on a customer's computer. I ran MBAM and superantispyware to remove lots of trojans and spywares and then i ran a boot scan from avast and it removed lots of infected system files like msconfig, cmd.exe, notepad, taskmgr.exe, etc. Now the scan is complete and there's no virus left on the computer. But now when i type cmd.exe in RUN, i get an error saying that Windows cannot find RUN & so on. Is there a way to get those missing system files?
View 8 Replies View RelatedBecause of a mistake I made while installing Vista, I wound up with the system files (about 1.6 Gig) on one small D: drive while all of the remaining Windows files (over 50 Gig) on the large C: drive. I now want to remove the D: drive and replace it with a large one. How do I move the system files to the C: drive?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a friend with Windows Vista Home Basic on his HP laptop, he has a valid key in the back of it on a sticker, it worked before, but after a reformat and reinstallation of Windows, it keeps bugging him that it's not genuine. We tried various command prompts found online to reset validation keys or stuff like that, we passed the phone activation successfully, but still there's no change.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI did something stupid with my system, and I really want to get it fixed basically I followed this instruction to install the new theme files.
'VistaOSX '09 Uninstall by =patrickgs on deviantART'
(http://patrickgs.deviantart.com/art/VistaOSX-09-Uninstall-100318778)
I restarted my system after the 3rd step
now my system is missing
authui.dll
browseui.dll
imageres.dll
shsvcs.dll
themeui.dll
uxtheme.dll
the files still exist in my system32 folder, just under a backup filename now whenever i start my system (i tried safe mood and command prompt),it will always end up in a black screen with my white mouse pointer.I can go into the system recovery options fine, but there no system restore points exists.
I have had a Windows 2000 system connected to a Vista system thru a router. I have several shares defined on the Windows 2000 system. No shares are defined on the Vista system. On 28 April 2009, I replaced NIS 2008 with KIS 2008 on the Vista system. On 23 June 2009, I noticed that the Vista system could no longer COPY files from the Windows 2000 sysyem to the Vista system, tho I could still open the files.
I know that, on 19/20 June 2009, the Vista system copied files from the Windows 2000 system. So something broke after that. As I recall, there was a Windows update installed on 23 June 2009. Perhaps, that update changed some settings? What do I need to look for
I cannot do System Restore, every time I do it, it goes thro the rutine, but when the computer reboots I get message saying Sustem restore unspecified error, no files changed...I have Window Vista. 2 months ago I did not have this problem
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