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    Does reformat reset BIOS settings?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by chonga, Dec 22, 2008.

  1. chonga

    chonga Notebook Deity

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    Apologies if this question has been asked here before but I want to do a clean wipe of windows and I have some settings in the BIOS as far as overclocking, ram timings, etc. that I'd like to keep if possible. I'm not sure if those settings will be wiped out if I reformat windows?

    Using XP. THanks for any help
     
    chonga, Dec 22, 2008
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  2. StormEffect

    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    BIOS settings are independent of the OS, so a reformat will keep your old settings. Someone back me up on this. :)
     
    StormEffect, Dec 22, 2008
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  3. duncanmc

    duncanmc Newbie

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    Reformat will keep your BIOS settings.
     
    duncanmc, Dec 22, 2008
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  4. chonga

    chonga Notebook Deity

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    Nice, thanks guys!
     
    chonga, Dec 22, 2008
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  5. Rodster

    Rodster Merica

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    BIOS settings only change if you change them manually or sometimes they'll change with a BIOS update (depends on mfg.).
     
    Rodster, Dec 22, 2008
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  6. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Yep.

    To reset BIOS, take out the CMOS Coin battery on the motherboard. WHich is sometimes located in one of the compartments. ;)
     
    ahl395, Dec 22, 2008
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  7. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Backed up, at least to the extent that the OP is talking about options that were set within the BIOS itself, and saved to the CMOS NVRAM onboard the system, and not talking about anything (such as software overclocking) that was instead saved to a file on the hard drive.
     
    Shyster1, Dec 22, 2008
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