How to delete everything in my computer and start charge/new without having to download anything

I downloaded many programs but know very slow and it sometimes the screen just stay blank black or white
and does not seem to work for nothing

Hi delgado26,

It depends on if you are using a pc that is pre-installed with Vista, or if you have a retail version, complete with the original DVD. If your computer is pre-installed, as do most laptops, you have a partition on your hard drive that contains the original Vista image as it was when you got your system. In this case, follow the instructions in the documentation that came with the system or from the manufacturer's website.
If you have a Vista DVD, then you can insert it into the DVD player and on the disk, how much you will be able to install a new copy.
In any case, backup all data that are important, because none of these methods will overwrite what you have on your drive. Dave D
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