How to erase my hard drive to start over?

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• I want to format my hard drive to start over but I do not have the windows installation disc. How can I reinstall the pack without the disks after I cleaned the system?

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  Hello. I have a computer bought from a friend with windows vista home premium installed. I want to format my hard drive to start over but I do not have the windows installation disc. How can I reinstall the pack without the disks after I cleaned the system? Thank you, Kim

  Hello. I have a computer bought from a friend with windows vista home premium installed. I want to format my hard drive to start over but I do not have the windows installation disc. How can I reinstall the pack without the disks after I cleaned the system? Thank you, Kim

  You have a hard drive partition to do - but you would need to contact/see the FAQ from the hardware manufacturer (HP, Dell, Gateway, Lenovo, etc) to see if and how.

  Otherwise - you might have to order (pay for possibly) the factory restore/recovery of the value of the manufacturer.

  http://www.ZDNet.com/blog/Bott/lost-your-Windows-discs-how-to-get-replacement-media-legally/4320?tag=nl.E539

  If it was built * friend *, you will communicate with them.  Ask your media.

• How to erase a hard drive safely?

  I see the option to safely clear a drive has been removed from the disk utility in El Capitan. I need to erase safely external drives. Is there a hidden way to do now?

  Thank you.

  Why do you need to do this? Your hard drive is already encrypted?

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• How to erase a hard drive on photosmart c410a?

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  I can't believe the amount of time, I've been running around this issue.

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  Reset back to factory default will erase everything (I don't think he has HARD drive):

  Follow these steps to reset the product.

  1. Press the power button ( ) to activate the product.

  2. Unplug the power cord from the back of the product.

  3. Wait 20 seconds.

  4. Press and hold the # and 3 buttons on the control panel of the product.

  5. While pressing these keys, reconnect the power cord to the back of the product.

  6. After that the product turns on, release both buttons. Product resets the default values.

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• How to erase the hard drive, foreign State in T630 with H730 PERC controller

  I recently bought a Poweredge T630 Server computer configured with a PERC H730 controller and two 1 TB SATA (raid 1) drives.

  The controller H730 being compatible with no dell certified readers, I bought 2 WD red label records to add more storage space.  The problem I have is it H730 one of the 2 WD drives senses as a 'foreign' drive  Under "available tasks", I see only two options, "Blink" and "Unblink.  Unlike other HDD WD, the controller does not allow me even an option to convert the capable RAID drive.  This only happens to one of the two WD drives. The WD with 'Foreign State' drive is not defective or damaged.  How can I clear the foreign flag on one of the two WD drives so that I can convert the two disks in RAID ready status.

  Hello

  You have a foreigners view tab when you are in the bios H730? If you do, you should be able to use ctrl + N to access this screen, select the controller, press F2 and go to foreign config and have the ability to clear the foreign configuration.

• Commercial Malware infection: it would be better to reformat my hard drive and start over?

  I've been infected with MegaBackup and a kind of scan virus, (IRONIC!).  Windows popping up constantly and I can't figure how to get rid of them.  Would it not be better to reformat my drive, then restore from my backup?  But how I restore without malware? If I need to copy everything manually?

  Thanks for your help.

  Lee

  It's just a garbage software. There is no need to go as far as the wiping of the disc.

  To uninstall MegaBackup on Mac:

  1. Quit the program.
  2. Open your Applications folder.
  3. Find the MegaBackup icon and drag it to the trash.
  4. For security reasons, you will be asked to enter your Mac user password.
  5. Empty the trash to completely remove MegaBackup.

  Open system preferences. Click users and groups. Choose your account name to the left and then the right login items. Highlight any entrance to do with MegaBackup or MacDefender in the list and click the button "-" to remove it.

  Who should take care of MegaBackup itself, if you have also installed adware with it. To remove adware, you can use the free automatic tool, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac.

• How to clean the hard drive of the computer

  I need to know how to erase my hard drive to get rid of a virus

  Hello Nguyen,

  Thank you for visiting Microsoft Community.

  I understand you want to wipe your hard drive to remove any infection by the virus from your computer.

  I would be grateful if you can provide us with the following information to help us better understand the issue.

  1. When you say 'I need to wipe my hard drive to get rid of the virus', do you mean you want to remove the virus from your computer or to completely erase your hard drive by erasing all the data on it?
  2. You want to clean install a new copy of Windows on your computer after removing all your data from the hard drive?

  If you do not want to delete all your data and do not want to clean your computer of viruses, you can scan your computer with the Microsoft Safety Scanner.

  Download and run Microsoft security scanner from the link below.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

  Note: The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  However, if you want to completely clean your computer, just remove the hard drive and pure, install a fresh copy of Windows on your hard drive, you can read the article below to do so.

  How to perform a new installation of Windows?

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/clean-install

  Important note: Perform a clean installation will mean that all your data currently on your hard disk will be permanently lost. It is strongly recommended to have all your important data saved enough on any driver external before performing one of the suggestions above.

  Hope this information is useful. Do not hesitate to write back for any further assistance with Windows, we will be happy to help you.

• Can't erase my hard drive using the recovery CD

  Hi all

  A few weeks ago, I bought a new recovery CD to clean my hard drive and start over.
  However, I still can't do that as the recovery CD has no facility for this.
  I can't find anywhere on the laptop screen which will allow me to reformat the hard disk, the format option seems to be gray...
  Tghis becomes very frustrating.

  Can someone tell me please an easy way to format my drive?
  Thank you
  Gehd

  Hello Gehd

  As much as I know there is no option to do this, because this will be done automatically before the recovery image installation begins. Just follow the on-screen menu and start the recovery image installation.

• iMac 10.4 - utility disk erasing option is grayed out. How can I erase my hard drive?

  Hello

  I have an iMac 10.4 - utility option in the disk, the delete option is greyed out. How can I erase my hard drive?

  Hi GJuss,

  What is your boot volume? If so, you will not be able to.

  It is an external hard drive?

  Kind regards

  BleverCastard

• How can I erase my hard drive on a Dimension 3000? Please help soon.

  I need to COMPLETELY wipe my hard drive.  I use the "Dell reinstallation Cd Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2". How can I use the disk to erase my hard drive. And after that, I have to reinstall all drivers and others. As montors, CHIPsets, Etc and.

  When I try. It asks the next question.

  Installation of Microsoft XP Edition family

  ____________________________

  ____________________________

  The following list shows leaving them existing and space unpartioned on this computer.

  Use the ARROW UP and DOWN keys to select an item in the list.

  • Partion1 [FAT] 47 MB {39 MB free}
  • C: Partion2 [NTFS] MB 72645 {51513 free MB}
  • Unpartioned 8 MB of space
  • F: Partion3 [FAT32] 3585 MB {1356 MB of free space}
  • Unpartioned 8 MB of space

  ENTER = install D = Delete Partion F3 = exit

  Remove a? If so, which. I am a noob on this Yes, you can be VERY detailed.

  Here's the info of computers:

  Dell Dimension 3000

  Intel (R) Celeron (R) CPU 2.40 GHz

  2.39 GHz, 512 MB Ram

  Maxtor 6Y080L0 80 GB HDD

  Windows XP Home Edition

  NOTE: remember that I want to just reinstall windows in order to erase my HARD drive. using the reinstall drive.

  
  

• How do I completely erase the hard drive and reinstall everything for Windows 7?

  I want to completely erase a hard drive on a laptop, that I intend to use when traveling.

  Then I install windows 7 (which I bought) and my other programs

  Can I get step by step please

  Thank you

  Wanda Gill

  Some read to you... Installation of Windows 7

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/help/install-reinstall-uninstall

  But before you begin, make sure that your computer and the applications and the current programs are Windows 7 friendly...

  http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4BD9-9e51-2497c146af15

  And check your programs here too...

  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/compatibility/Windows-7/en-us/default.aspx?type=software

• How can I re download photoshop After erasing my hard drive

  Hello.

  recently I deleted from my hard drive and started to charge. I'm trying to re download adobe photoshop on my computer once again, but I don't see anything in my account on adobe, it shows that I pay my subscription, but I don't know where to go to re download photoshop...

  Download & install instructions https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2003339 can help

  -includes a link to access a page to download the Adobe programs if you do not have a disk or drive

  Also go to https://forums.adobe.com/community/creative_cloud/creative_cloud_faq

• I had to erase my hard drive, lost everything, but I re-installed windows 7 and it would not accept my key.

  I had to erase my hard drive, lost everything, but I re-installed windows 7 and it would not accept my key, do I have to buy a new key?

  Original title: Activation of Windows 7?

  Skip entering your product key Windows 7 and complete the installation.

  When you reach the desktop, click Start, right-click on computer

  Click on properties

  Scroll down to the Windows Activation

  Click the link x days before activation.

  Click on the link that says: "show me other ways to activate.

  Enter the product key

  Click next

  Select the Activation of the phone

  Click Next when you enter your key page

  Select your country

  Click Next, call the number listed

  Be sure to explain your situation to the Appeals Officer.

  Provide the installation generated when ID requested by the call agent

  They give a confirmation ID in return, enter it

  Click next to complete the activation.

  However, the requirements for the media upgrade is that you have an operating system already eligible such as Windows XP or Vista installed to use it. Since the Windows 7 end user license agreement.

  15 UPDATES. To use upgrade software, you must first be licensed for the software that is eligible for the upgrade. After the upgrade, this agreement takes the place of the agreement for the software that you upgraded. After upgrade, you can no longer use the software that you upgraded.

  So, if you are always denied, you will just have to reinstall Windows XP or Vista and let it do the verification of eligibility.

  or

  How to activate Windows 7 manually (activate by phone)
   
  1) click Start and in the search for box type: slui.exe 4
   
  (2) press the ENTER"" key.
   
  (3) select your "country" in the list.
   
  (4) choose the option "activate phone".
   
  (5) stay on the phone (do not select/press all options) and wait for a person to help you with the activation.
   
  (6) explain your problem clearly to the support person.
   
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950929/en-us

• How to format my hard drive as my operating system running IM?

  How to format my hard drive as my operating system running IM? I tried many ways must my computer tells me I have to stop all programs that I have running. play help as soon as possible!

  Some PC contains a hidden hard disk restore partition. If yours is one of them, this is how you return your PC to its original state.

  What is the brand and model of your PC?

  Yet, this is a pretty drastic step. There is more easy and faster to improve performance. If you do not want to give it a shot, let us know. And also tell us the specifications of your PC, type of XP, SP, etc.

  Also, you might find follows her beneficial:

  Here are the usual causes of slow:

  1. malware (malware). You need to rule out first! This page has excellent information:

  http://Web.archive.org/Web/20080610163247/http :// www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

  2. some programs aimed at combating malware (for example, Norton and McAfee). Ironically, they can slow things down because they use simply much too many resources. Sometimes they cause conflicts with other programs. And their default mode is to scan your entire hard drive whenever you start. Fortunately, there are other programs of anti-malware software available that use much less resources (p. ex., NOD32, Avast and Avira).

  3. too much of certain types of programs still running in background - with or without your consent. (Then again, a lot of programs running in the background of the consequences trivial.)

  To determine each program and process, you are running, use the task (Ctrl + Alt + Delete) Manager and click the processes tab. You should be able to sort by CPU usage or memory usage for a good ideas that are resource/memory hogs. You must write the names of all the processes for future detective work (or take a snapshot and print it).

  Use these sites to determine what these programs are, and learn how configure them to not always run when starting:

  http://www.PACS-portal.co.UK/startup_content.php#THE_PROGRAMS
  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/
  http://www.AnswersThatWork.com/Tasklist_pages/Tasklist.htm

  Sometimes, it is recommended to use msconfig to configure programs to run at startup. A better, more thorough program is Autoruns:

  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

  But before that, you must use the settings preference of the program in question. Otherwise, for some programs, they will return to the list of startup anyway!

  If you do not want to use msconfig, it can be accessed in this way:

  Start | Run | Type "msconfig" (without the quotes). Enter (or OK)

  4. not enough RAM, causing the PC too rely on the pagefile. A quick way to determine if what is happening is to open (Ctrl + Alt + Delete) Task Manager, and then click the performance tab. Then the three values under Commit Charge (k) Note: in the lower left corner: Total, limit and peak.

  The Total number represents the amount of memory you are using right now. The vertex figure represents the maximum amount of memory you made since the last boot. If these figures are lower than the value of the amount of physical memory (K), then you probably have lots of RAM. In case you want to study it more, you can run the Page queue Monitor for Windows XP:

  http://www.dougknox.com/XP/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm

  5. you can also verify that the access mode of your hard drive has not changed from DMA to PIO:

  http://www.technize.com/2007/08/02/is-your-hard-disk-CDDVD-drives-too-slow-while-copying/

  and

  http://winhlp.com/node/10

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  Am I missing something simple?  I use Windows XP.

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