how to format a computer by andrew m. obial
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How to Format a Computer
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1. Turn on your PC or restart if it its already on.
2. If youre lucky, your PC will show you a brief message right when it starts, something
like press DELETEto enter BIOS. At that point, hit that key and youre in.
3. Go to Boot Menu by using the arrow keys of your keyboard. (Note: You cannot use your
mouse while inside BIOS.)
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4. Select CDROM as your 1st Boot Device.
5. Now insert your windows XP (or other operating system installer) in the CDROM.
6. Press F10 to save and exit the BIOS.
7. Wait until windows setup is finish.
8. Press Enterto set up windows XP now.
9. After reading the windows XP Licensing Agreement, press F8to accept the END-USER
LICENSE AGREEMENT or ESCif you do not agree.
10. Select drive C: and pressDto delete the selected partition then press ENTER.
11. Press L to continue deleting the selected partition.
12. If you have other partition like drive D: repeat procedure 10 11.
13. To create a partition pressC. (Its good to partition your computer most especially if
your hard disk is big.)
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14. Specify the size you want to have on your new partition then pressENTER. (Note: if
you have 80 GB hard disk or more, you can create two (2) partition. 50 GB or 50,000
MB for your first partition (for drive C:) and 30 GB or 30,000 MB for your second
partition (for drive D:).)
15. Select theFormat the partition using the NTFS file systemthen press Enter.
16. Wait while Setup formats the partition.
17. Installing Windows.
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18. Click Next.
19. Type your full name and the name of your company or organization then clickNEXT.
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20. Type the Volume License Product Key then click NEXT.
21. Provide a name and an Administrator password for your computer then click NEXT.
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22. Now set the correct date and time for your Windows Computer then click NEXT.
23. Choose Typical settings then click NEXT.
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24. Click NEXTto continue installing windows.
25. ClickNEXT.
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26. Select Not right now then click NEXT.
27. Click Skip.
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28. Select No, not at this time then clickNEXT.
29. Type the name of each person who will use this computer then click NEXT.
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30. Click Finishand youre done. Congrats
Note:
*** Click start control panel switch to classic view system. Go to hardware tab
then click device Manager. If you see a yellow question mark symbol it means some
drivers of your pc is not yet installed. Go and get the installer of your motherboard and
try to install all the needed drivers of your PC.
***Please make sure you have installed first an anti-virus on your computer before
installing some software and using flash drives.