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Ben
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10th Sep 03 at 20:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
As above , got xp pro and its built in dont come with cd , bloke at shop told me how to do it but 4got! i need to restart my pc from fresh but was wondering

my internet settings , bcoz i pay monthly how do i get it back?
is there any chance of it goin tits up?
will all my memory come back do u know?

cheers

Ben
Bonzai
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10th Sep 03 at 20:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
need to make one of them boot disks. go to my computer, right clcik a drive (floppy disk), click format disk, choose create ms-dos boot disk. restart the computer with that in the a drive and it will initiate the reformat. make sure you have a copy of everything you want to keep!
Ben
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10th Sep 03 at 20:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
erm i dont understand that at all , cud i permanently fek my pc up , cant i just re format my whole pc or do i have to do bits at a time?
Bonzai
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10th Sep 03 at 20:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
do you know what it does?!?! it completely erases the hard drive. evverything is lost and will have to be re-installed. i explained the procedure for creating a boot disk which will begin the reformat process. its not something i would recomend for beginners
Ben
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10th Sep 03 at 20:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
erm , i want it back to like it was when i 1st got it , no programs on , but i still want windows xp pro which wa on it , will this still stay on???
Adam-D
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10th Sep 03 at 20:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
do u have the xp install disk?
Ben
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10th Sep 03 at 20:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
dont think so , he said they r built in on a chip now the new 1s only had pc for bout 2month but i have got too much shite on it! want it back new again
Bonzai
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10th Sep 03 at 20:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
havent heard about that. best check u have a disk, if u dont u best find someone who knows more about it cos i dont
Ben
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10th Sep 03 at 21:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mite just take it to place i got it and get them to do it , ive downloaded too much porn and crap like music ect! wanna start from fresh
Bonzai
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10th Sep 03 at 21:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just delete and uninstall as much as u can then. saves paying for it (unless you got a tidy computer shop by you, none where i live)
Colin.S
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10th Sep 03 at 21:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
try a system restore - start, all programs, accessories, system tools, system restore. Take it back to when you first got it.

I know fvck all about computers so dont blame me if it all goes wrong

Just trying to help.
Craig6682
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If you don't know what you are doing then i would take it back to the shop you bought it from. I haven't got a clue how i got into the computer shit, it's just something i found i was good at.
Paul_J
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10th Sep 03 at 22:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
fuck it - goto dos

you'll see

C:\>

type format C:

C:\format C:

it'll say something like

Do you really wish to format C:

press yes!

Ta da - you've fucked your PC
Bonzai
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10th Sep 03 at 22:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes, last tiome i did it i lost all my college work from the first 2 years of my apprenticeship. not a good move
Drew
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11th Sep 03 at 00:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
fuck it - goto dos

you'll see

C:\>

type format C:

C:\format C:

it'll say something like

Do you really wish to format C:

press yes!

Ta da - you've fucked your PC


Drew
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11th Sep 03 at 00:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ben
erm , i want it back to like it was when i 1st got it ,


u still got the boxes then?
LoudandProud
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11th Sep 03 at 01:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Start

All Programs

Accessories

System Tools

System Restore


Go back to the first date and it will erase all programs, directories, registry entries etc after that date
Sooty
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11th Sep 03 at 01:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
system restore does not erase programs
Craig6682
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
fuck it - goto dos

you'll see

C:\>

type format C:

C:\format C:

it'll say something like

Do you really wish to format C:

press yes!

Ta da - you've fucked your PC


It's Windows XP!!!

If you gonna do that mate then use a Win96/98/Me boot disk to do it. If you have an IDE CD Rom that is set to boot before you Hard Drive then bung that in, start you machine and follow on screen instructions. As you haven't got a glue what you are on about then i wouldn't mess in the BIOS to change the booting devices, you can always download 6 floppy disks that will allow you to boot from.
Steve
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11th Sep 03 at 08:40   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
wtf are you lot on about the XP CD is bootable, just make sure you have CD ROM selected to first boot device in the BIOS then boot off that and reformt from the menus in the simple as, u muppets
Dan B
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11th Sep 03 at 09:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ben
As above , got xp pro and its built in dont come with cd...


quote:
Originally posted by Steve106GTi
wtf are you lot on about the XP CD is bootable, just make sure you have CD ROM selected to first boot device in the BIOS then boot off that and reformt from the menus in the simple as, u muppets


Steve
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oh yesh silly me
Steve
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben
dont think so , he said they r built in on a chip now the new 1s only had pc for bout 2month but i have got too much shite on it! want it back new again



hahahaha wot bollox!!! who told u it was built onto a chip?????????
Paul
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11th Sep 03 at 11:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
if you pay me some money i'll format it up for you

it'll cost you though and that bit about it being built on a chip as him what a pc is first what a cock !!!!!
Steve
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if he wulda sed that to me i dont think id have been able to help my self from laughing out loud

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