Is it possible to reformat the hard drive without recovery CD?

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• Satellite Pro A40: Is it possible to format the HARD drive without disk

  I am passing on a Satellite Pro A40 to a brother. It is in very good condition, but has slowed down over the years. I want to get rid of my data (I have on a new machine) and speed up the system by formatting the hard drive.

  The machine didn't come with a disc for Windows XP, or a recovery CD (just a CD "tools and utilities"). I'm sure the drive HARD will be partitioned, and I can format the drive without such a disc.

  If this is true, how should I do?
  Thank you.

  Hello

  I can't believe that you do not have recovery media.
  The laptop must be supplied with recovery CD, Tools & Utilities CD, and WinDVD.

  But back to your question;
  If you insert a new HARD disk, you will need to use the Toshiba Recovery CD or the original CD of Microsoft Windows to install the operating system.
  The new drive is not partitioned HARD and doesn't have any OS pre-installed!

  If you n t have the original CD of Microsoft OS you can contact the service provider allowed in your country and you can order it.

  I hope I could help

  Good bye

• Is it possible to replace the hard drive with an SSD? or would it be too expensive?

  Is it possible to replace the hard drive with an SSD?

  or would it be too expensive?

  Yes.  There are several alternatives.  I found a way relatively inexpensive, using a map of mSATA (very small SSD) and an adapter to connect it to the connector IDE 44 pin internal of my PowerBook.  It works very well.  Rather than repeat what I posted previously, you can watch these two topics (which also has good info, other users)

  Re: This win to install a SSD drive in a PowerBook G4?

  Re: SSDS  (my post is halfway - "this is how I did with my trusty Pismo...) »)

  FYI - I have used the adapter is even cheaper now

  https://www.Amazon.com/GP/product/B009BA8V4M

• ThinkPad Edge S430 - is possible to replace the hard drive with an ssd?

  Hey, Lenovo,.

  I bought a Thinkpad Edge S430 and wonder if it is possible to replace the hard drive with an ssd?

  Kind regards

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• came loaded with Windows Vista Home Premium. Recently, I reformatted the hard drive and did a clean installation of Windows 7 Professional. I have no games. No solitaire, Minesweeper, no nothing.

  original title: lack of games
  I have an Acer Aspire PC. It came loaded with Windows Vista Home Premium. Recently, I reformatted the hard drive and did a clean installation of Windows 7 Professional.

  I have no games. No solitaire, Minesweeper, no nothing.
  How can I, without seeking to erase and reinstall again?

  To activate the built-in Windows 7 games:

  1. click on Start (lower-left) and then on Control Panel.

  2. click on programs and features.

  3. on the left side of the screen, click on 'Windows turn features on or off".

  4. find the entry called games & check the box next to it.

  5. click on OK.

  6 reset.

  If the games box is already checked, uncheck the box , click OK, restart, then do steps 1-6 above.

• Is it possible to partition the hard drive by using software like Partition Master, install XP and an earlier version of Office on the new partition?

  Partitioning of a Windows 7 computer

  On a laptop Windows 7 HP, it is possible to partition the hard drive by using software like Partition Master, install XP and an earlier version of Office on the new partition? I know I can run Win7 XP mode, but many prefer a base XP environment. Yes, I have new copies unregistered XP and Office 2003.

  TIA,

  Steve

  Besides Partition Master you can also use Windows 7 "Disk Managment" to shrink the partition of Windows 7, create a new partition of the space "unallocated", and then do a formatting NTFS "Full".

  Installing dual Boot with Windows 7 and XP
  (Read each method in this article and that fits your needs)
  http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-Windows-7-XP.html

  EasyBCD allows to appear more user-friendly boot menu:
  http://NeoSmart.NET/DL.php?id=1

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

• I had to do a system restore on my PC, which reformats the hard drive and he returned to factory State, and I lost all of my emails from OE and contacts. No way to get them back?

  My computer crashed and the system recovery was the only option.  I know this reformats the hard drive and actually returned the PC to factory State, but I cannot now access all of my old emails and contacts on OE.  I managed to configure OE once again, so I can receive messages via my site, but really need to come back to the 'old'.  Any help would be greatly appreciated

  My computer crashed and the system recovery was the only option.  I know this reformats the hard drive and actually returned the PC to factory State, but I cannot now access all of my old emails and contacts on OE.  I managed to configure OE once again, so I can receive messages via my site, but really need to come back to the 'old'.  Any help would be greatly appreciated

  Two points:

  Suggestions 1. see Bruce Hagen, but it is highly unlikely that you can get everything back. When you perform a system recovery, you lose everything that was on the disc.

  2. it is late to tell you this, but like you apparenly had no backup on external media, you're playing with fire. For the future, you can read this article I wrote: "how to return your computer regularly upward and reliable" to http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=314

• How to reformat the hard drive and do a "clean" install

  A recent virus attack, my computer has lost some files of the operating system.  With the help of the Lim has provided the recovery disk, which offered ' upgrade/repair' or a 'new installation '.  I chose ' install new ', actually I found many of my files are still there - that means that if a virus has escaped "Detection / removal" will always be there.

  Question: How to reformat the hard drive and do a 'fresh install' on a clean hard disk "? ". (I have a drive to Win XP with service pack 3 and a driver disk for the hardware installed on my computer of the regulations.)

  Thanks in advance

  Skip

  Since you have a Dell and a recovery CD and not a recovery Partition, check how many partitions you need by using disk management:

  http://www.theeldergeek.com/disk_management.htm

  In case you have a partition with the operating system and a partition of the utility partition, I would only recommend formatting the partition from the OS. The Partition utility can be very useful.

• Can't reformat the hard drive

  Hello I do not know much about computers.  I'm trying to find a way to reformat the hard drive on my son computer for a clean installation of XP Pro.  Initially, XP Pro SP1 has been installed on my IBM Thinkpad.  I have automatic updates must occur on the computer so over time, the service pack has been upgraded to SP3.  The corruption of the computer does not restore system, internet access and several programs running on the device.  When I try to format the hard disk with my XP Pro SP1 disk fails because the system is currently running SP3.  I tried to uninstall SP3, but the system does not.
  What do other options I have order of the reformat the system drive.
   
  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
   

  Hi Rrmay,

  Thanks for posting. If you try to reinstall XP you can put your OS drive on your computer, or use the OEM recovery media to reinstall XP.

  PERFORMING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS WILL ERASE ALL DATA IN CUSTODY: PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A BACKUP BEFORE CONTINUING.

  The OEM recovery media format the computer and automatically return to the plant as if it was when you first it lit. If you have XP software at retail, you can do the following to format and reinstall.

  Method 1: Perform a clean install of Windows XP, a new installation is to remove all data from your hard disk by repartitioning and reformatting your hard disk and reinstall the operating system and programs empty (clean) hard disk. For more information about important things to consider before you partition and format your hard disk and how to partition and format your hard disk by using the Windows XP Setup program, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  313348 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313348/) how to partition and format a hard disk in Windows XP

  To perform a new installation of Windows XP, follow these steps:

  1. Back up all important information before you perform a new installation of Windows XP. Save the backup to an external location, such as a CD or external hard drive.
  2. Start your computer from the Windows XP CD. To do this, insert the Windows XP CD into your CD or DVD and then reboot your computer.

     Note To boot from the Windows XP CD, your computer BIOS settings must be configured to do this.

  3. When you see the message "Press any key to boot from CD", press any key to start the computer from the Windows XP CD.
  4. In the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to start Windows XP Setup.
  5. Read the Microsoft software license agreement, and then press F8.
  6. Follow the instructions on the screen to select and format a partition where you want to install Windows XP.
  7. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation of Windows XP.

  I hope this helps! Let us know if you have any questions.

  Shawn - Support Engineer - MCP, MCDST
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• How can I boot from the Windows 7 Installation CD so that I can reformat the hard drive before reinstalling Windows 7?

  How can I boot from the Windows 7 Installation CD so that I can reformat the hard drive before reinstalling Windows 7?  I have already reinstalled Windows 7 from the CD, but that has not solved my problems.  When I put the factory CD in my CD player, it won't always boot from the CD.  When I put my Windows 7 Ultimate CD in the CD drive, it doesn't always start from the CD.         I realize that the reformatting is not always necessary, but I caught a few viruses (despite anti-virus running) and I need to start with a clean hard drive.

  On Friday, January 9, 2015 14:30:32 + 0000, BlueKodak wrote:

  How can I boot from the Windows 7 Installation CD so that I can reformat the hard drive before reinstalling Windows 7?  I have already reinstalled Windows 7 from the CD, but that has not solved my problems.  When I put the factory CD in my CD player, it won't always boot from the CD.  When I put my Windows 7 Ultimate CD in the CD drive, it doesn't always start from the CD.

  You must go into the BIOS and change the boot on CD order
  first push.

  How to get into your BIOS? It is not dependent on Windows, but on what he
  motherboard/BIOS card that you have. In fact, you need access to the
  BIOS before Windows begins to start. A common method is to press
  the key delete when you turn on first, but this is not necessarily true
  for your computer. Watch the display carefully when you start first;
  There is often a message here to tell you what to do. If this is not the case, check
  your system documentation or check with your provider.

• Re-installation after reformatting the HARD drive

  Due to the infection by the Virus, I uninstalled my copy of Acrobat X Pro. After reformatting the HARD drive, I downloaded and re-installed the latest version of Acrobat Pro 10. When installing, I get the license number and it is accepted as correct. However, when I run the program it invites me to re-enter the license and then, States that no matching program is installed on my computer. Please help.

  Hi, Alvaro, we checked the details around the serial number you mentioned, Acrobat version 8 volume license serial number.

  Please Contact Customer Care to get this fixed number.

  Atul_Saini

• Can I format the HARD drive without losing data?

  Hi all
  I used the restore CD to solve a problem on my system (blue screen) and everything was formatted... including the partition where I had music etc...

  Is it possible to format my hard drive without losing the data on the partition?

  Hi guys

  To my knowledge it s any recovery procedure, you would use; in both cases the drive HARD will be formatted!
  Using the disc using the Toshiba HDD recovery procedure and recovery HARD drive will be formatted and you will lose the data on the second partition too.

  As far as I know both put the laptop and HARD drive on the same State as on the first day of purchase!

• Reformat the hard drive and a clean reinstall of Vista

  Hello
  I was wondering if you could advise me if this is possible.
  I have Vista on a partition, a home machine built dual boot (with XP), who begins to fill. I decided to stop using XP, which

  is sitting on the second partition of the hard drive, and I want to reformat the disk and a partition with Vista on it. Taking into

  mind, I'm not bothered about losing all the data and save nothing, in my opinion, I don't want to lose, can I just reformat the hard disk into a single

  Partition and reinstall Vista? I'm sure that the answer is Yes, but my main concern is to ensure my "serial key" is accepted and that the activation

  process will go smoothly. Read other messages I prefer not to use Vista to reduce the size of the XP partition and prefer to make one

  clean install.
  Your help and feedback will be greatly appreciated.

  On Thu, September 16, 2010 08:40:58 + 0000, rainb0wman wrote:

  I was wondering if you could advise me if this is possible. I have Vista on a partition, a home machine built dual boot (with XP), who begins to fill. I decided to stop using XP, which

  is sitting on the second partition of the hard drive, and I want to reformat the disk and a partition with Vista on it. Taking into

  mind, I'm not bothered about losing all the data and save nothing, in my opinion, I don't want to lose, can I just reformat the hard disk into a single

  Partition and reinstall Vista?

  Yes. Do a clean install of Vista and leave this formatting occur
  the first stage of the installation.a

  I'm sure that the answer is Yes, but my main concern is to ensure my "serial key".

  You mean the product key, not series.

  is accepted and that the activation
  process will go smoothly.

  You can reinstall and reactivate as many times as you need or want.
  No problem. Worst case, if it's some time since the last
  activation, you may need to activate by phone call, but it's
  quick and easy.

  Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

• Satellite M115-S3094: how to make a partition without reformatting the HARD drive?

  Hello

  recently bought a laptop Toshiba M115 comes with 80 GB ' SATA drive and XP MEDIA CENTER 2002

  (1) how do I partition without reformatting the drive.

  (2) even if the laptop came with a pre-installed xp. I was wondering what happens if I want to reinstall xp media center, if and when required. Y at - it a disc that I can order (I have the license)... What options of backup kindo f are at - it?

  first time with toshiba... so am new at the mercy of the workings...

  DMM

  Hello

  1.), I use the Partitions Magic 8 to create partitions on the HARD drive.
  This application is very nice and I love it all simply ;)
  You can change the size of the partitions, status and you can fully manage the partitions on the HARD disk. And the best thing is you do not need to format anything B-)

  2.) well, the computer Toshiba laptop are delivered also with the recovery CD. I think that all manufacturers of laptops offers this CD of restoration with own products.
  In any case, on this CD, you'll find Tosh preinstalled operating system drivers.
  If you want to install other OS (XP MCE) you can do it, but you should check if there are drivers that are needed for this OS. But I have XP drivers should also work with thin MCE.

• Windows 8 fact Full Reset will reformat the HARD drive and delete the Partitions?

  Hello

  as well as the State title,

  1 *-Although do a Factory Reset in Windows 8 or 8.1 reformat my HARD drive and delete my partition? OR

  2 *-my Partiting created will remain untouchable with all the files I have storage here?

  Thank you in advance...

  Hello

  as well as the State title,

  1 *-Although do a Factory Reset in Windows 8 or 8.1 reformat my HARD drive and delete my partition? OR

  Only the drive on which Windows 8/8.1 is installed will be formatted, other partitions or hard drives will not be formatted.

  2 *-my Partiting created will remain untouchable with all the files I have storage here?

  Yes, it will remain unchanged.

  Thank you in advance...