Reformatting the Whole Computer!!!

Question

I know this may sound crazy, but I have had enough of the memory errors and computer freezing...

When I bought my computer about a year ago, it was flawless and ever since I downloaded a few programs off the internet, my computer has become very unstable...

I have all my original disks for all the programs on my computer and I would like to start all over.. when I mean all over I mean wipe out EVERYTHING and use the boot disk that Dell gave me when I bought my computer...

I have a Dell Dimension XPS R400 with Windows NT, 11 gigs of hard-drive... I am in the midst of backing up all my important files and uninstalling what I can from my computer..

Does anyone have a good, reliable way of uninstalling Windows NT and reformatting the computer safely?? If so, please tell me how or where I can get this info...

Thanks for all your help! (I hope no one has to go through what I have gone through!)

George

Goonboy · Answer

George;

It's been posted here and abouts that a good source for this information can be found at:

www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hills/5220/diskformatr.html

and I was hoping to have that neat little "here" link thing that everybody sent me figured out by the next time I tried to do this! Anyway, you might check that site for some answers.

Goon Boy

Dimension XPS T450 - 128MB - 13.6GB HD
6X DVD - TB Montego II - 8MB ATI XPERT 98D 3D AGP, Rustproofing, Curb Feelers, ABS, etc., etc.,

"No One Is Ever Completely Worthless...They Can Always Be Used As A Bad Example."

AMILAZZO · Answer

TO GET IT BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS SHIPPED TO YOU START UP YOUR COMPUTER RIGHT AFTER THE YOU WILL HERE A BEEP PRESS F8 RIGHT AWAY CHOOSE" COMMAND PROMT ONLY" NOW TYPE IN ZZTOP AFTER THE INT CHECK CHOOSE OPTION 1 RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS HOPE THIS HELPS

George Gianakas · Answer

that link that everyone gave me doesn't do me too much good.. I have Windows NT, and no FDISK..

I need to know how to uninstall Win NT and reformat my computer and then start over from scratch.

Thanks.

Stephanie A · Answer

Goonboy, here is the link! Darrell's DellT@lk help page Dimension XPS T450, 128MB RAM, 20.4GB HD, 8X DVD, Win98SE, PM Platinum 8.0, Snap-On Shop Key32 on DVD, etc on & on...

George Gianakas · Answer

thanks, but I need to know how to uninstall Win NT before reinstalling it.

Stephanie A · Answer

Have you tried the Microsft site? Hate to send you there, but they just may have your answer... Just type in uninstall in thier search and see if it will lead to to the answer...
Sorry we couldn't be of more help!

Dimension XPS T450, 128MB RAM, 20.4GB HD, 8X DVD, Win98SE, PM Platinum 8.0, Snap-On Shop Key32 on DVD, etc on & on...

Stephanie A · Answer

Thanks Kay! I wanted to explain to him as well, and couldn't think exactly how to explain it! Again you save the day! :-)
Thanks Again!

Dimension XPS T450, 128MB RAM, 20.4GB HD, 8X DVD, Win98SE, PM Platinum 8.0, Snap-On Shop Key32 on DVD, etc on & on...

Stephanie A · Answer

Do you know how to get rid of the Windows splash screen? Got rid of the Dell one, now if I could just get rid of the other!
TIA!

Dimension XPS T450, 128MB RAM, 20.4GB HD, 8X DVD, Win98SE, PM Platinum 8.0, Snap-On Shop Key32 on DVD, etc on & on...

Kay H · Answer

Hey Goonboy--long time and all that :)Here's the link. Right-click in the message frame, choose View Source, copy and paste (between and including the first of the 4 arrow brackets and the last of them) what I did to a notepad document, then save it on your desktop so it's quick to get at. Next time, just copy and paste to your message. You can change the word 'link' to anything you want and it won't affect the actual link, OK?Later,Kay

Kay H · Answer

Hi George,Another possibility is this link to a thread in the Software/Windows NT 4.0 conference dealing with fdisking and reformatting under NT. Read the linked message, then click Next Message to get the answer you might need. There are some very knowledgable people down there; if you have further questions, my search term there was 'reformat,' and it brought up several possible threads, of which I thought this was the best. Perhaps you might search in that conference, or perhaps post a new question, OK?Good luck,Kay

Kay H · Answer

Hey Stephanie,The easiest way is to pick up TweakUI; thanks to Dan B, it can be found here. Install that, then go to My Computer | Control Panel | Tweak UI, and go to the Boot tab. Uncheck the entry for Display Splash Screen While Booting.You can also rename the logo.sys file, but there are a couple of them available, depending on whether or not you have the original Dell install, so I usually stick with this solution.Good luck, and thanks so much for the kind words above :)Later,Kay

Kay H · Answer

Hi George,This is a duplicate of the post below:Hi George,Another possibility is this link to a thread in the Software/Windows NT 4.0 conference dealing with fdisking and reformatting under NT. Read the linked message, then click Next Message to get the answer you might need. There are some very knowledgable people down there; if you have further questions, my search term there was 'reformat,' and it brought up several possible threads, of which I thought this was the best. Perhaps you might search in that conference, or perhaps post a new question, OK?Good luck,Kay

Kay H · Answer

Hey Stephanie,No problem--they've got so many tabs and utilities there, it's hard to find everything you need :)Glad to help...Later,Kay

George Gianakas · Answer

I bet I have the best solution.. contact DELL!! thanks for everyone's help though, it's really nice to know there are people willing to help out there!! thanks! GG

Stephanie A · Answer

I already have Tweak UI, obviously I am rather dense, how do I do it?
I am most definately dense! You already told me how! DUHHH?!?!?
Thanks Kay!

Dimension XPS T450, 128MB RAM, 20.4GB HD, 8X DVD, Win98SE, PM Platinum 8.0, Snap-On Shop Key32 on DVD, etc on & on...

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