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    Formating the h-drive 2425W

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by LABSmith13, Jun 16, 2007.

  1. LABSmith13

    LABSmith13 Notebook Guru

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    It's come to that special time in a laptop-person relationship when i need to format the hard-drive.

    I've never formatted a laptop before and just wanted to know if there's anything that i need to be wary of, and also if someone cuold give a step by step.

    i've formatted my desktop a million times using a boot disk, but obviously i've now only got a cd drive.

    Any help would be most appreciated.

    cheers
     
    LABSmith13, Jun 16, 2007
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    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    Only need to make sure you have a back-up of all the files you still need.

    Pop in the Windows XP/Vista cd or linux or what you want to install.
    Boot from cd
    Tell it to format c: drive
    Install Windows/Linux
     
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  3. LABSmith13

    LABSmith13 Notebook Guru

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    sweet, sounds simple enough...well if i'm back online in a few hours then it's worked! cheers
     
    LABSmith13, Jun 16, 2007
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