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shaggytwodope

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March 23rd, 2005 18:00

reformating

ok i just bought a del how woul i reformat it wat buttons do i press to get to the reformating page im use to my compaq just holding f10 whill starting it up please help me if u kno thanksa to all
  • Blaade

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    Posted March 23rd, 2005 22:00

    If you have a Windows XP CD you can use that.  Insert it into your cd rom, hit your F12 key when booting, select cd rom to boot.  It will boot to your cd rom and at that point windows will start inspecting your system and you can reformat and re install windows ,
     
    Blaade
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    Posted March 23rd, 2005 23:00

    no like how do i reset it all like to the day i got it like a complete reformat  like wen i 1st got it
  • Blaade

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    Posted March 24th, 2005 00:00

    Do you mean you want everything that was originally on it or do you want to start from scratch and re install everything yourself?
     
    Unless your computer came with some sort of recovery cd rom that would install all the originall software back on it like it was from the store, You're probably going to have to reformat your hard drive and re install everything yourself,
     
    Blaade
  • jwatt

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    Posted March 24th, 2005 17:00

    shaggytwodope,

    If your Dell system is new, it will likely have the Dell PC Restore Utility on it.

    Jim
  • Blaade

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    Posted March 25th, 2005 01:00

    Yeah what ^^^^^ he said,l
     
    :smileywink:
     
    Blaade