how to dump your computer and reload it

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how to dump your computer and reload it

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Anyone got any hints??...forgot how to do it :shock: :?
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you mean a recovery???
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no ..Dumping my computer...wiping it out ...then re-installing it...i remember how to re-install it,..but forgot how to wipe it out
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:dunno: why would you want to do that?
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because i dont want to pay a computer store 60 plus dollars to do it
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what OS are you putting back on? If its XP Pro, the disk that Im sure MOST of us have is bootable, so you just shove it in, restart, follow the instructions
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no ..Dumping my computer...wiping it out ...then re-installing it...i remember how to re-install it,..but forgot how to wipe it out
yeah but you may have noticed that i asked how to wipe my disk out....not to re-install my disk :D
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a bootable XP Pro disk, asks you if you want to delete the partition, and format it
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plus it's kind enough to offer a quick format so you don't have to wait for hours while if formats a 120GB disk
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because i dont want to pay a computer store 60 plus dollars to do it
but why do you want to dump it?
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probably corrupted or virii
hopefully he has a way to backup data before the format
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sigh..well the disk was corrupted...badly so i really didnt want to take a chance backing up corupted files then transfering the corrupted files on my newly formated disk,,,sigh,,,...so i lost everything...well live and learn...going to run a slave drive ---so the impoartant drive with the os can bite the big one..but il;l still have the slave tthat holds all the goodies on it :evil: :evil: :idea:
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hiiii....well ive gotten it straightened out for the time being ...gee,,...I didnt realise how badly screwed up the OS was till i redid it...by comparison....its quite speedy these days
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