!!!HELP!!! Reformating

Post all your general non-film related PC and Mac stuff here.

Moderators: Admin, Moderator Team

Post Reply
thewarmovie
Member
Member
Posts: 86
Joined: Thu Mar 06, 2003 11:56 pm
Contact:

!!!HELP!!! Reformating

Post by thewarmovie »

Hey guys i'm in a rush and I was wondering, I bought my laptop used a while ago and I need to get all thiscrap off, how do I reformat without erasing windows 98

thanks
"Holy Freaking' Fat Mother of Jehoshephat"
Truggy
Forum Addict
Forum Addict
Posts: 886
Joined: Tue Sep 02, 2003 12:49 pm
Location: GR Michigan
Contact:

RE: !!!HELP!!! Reformating

Post by Truggy »

u cant, basicall go to start >> control panel, and start deleteing the programs off there u dont want, or u dont recognize....otherwise if u want a full reformat that will get rid of EVERYTHING, no OS...but ide suggest doing the start control panel idea...
[url=http://profile.xfire.com/xerojohny88][img]http://miniprofile.xfire.com/bg/bg/type/0/xerojohny88.png[/img][/url]
--
Dance Dance Revolution: Proving white people dont have rhythm since 1998
thewarmovie
Member
Member
Posts: 86
Joined: Thu Mar 06, 2003 11:56 pm
Contact:

RE: !!!HELP!!! Reformating

Post by thewarmovie »

yea, I know how to do the control panel add/remove thing but I need to get like everything off and I was woundering if there would be an easer way, but I guess i'll just do somthing, lol.
"Holy Freaking' Fat Mother of Jehoshephat"
Adam
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 367
Joined: Sun May 26, 2002 7:20 pm

RE: !!!HELP!!! Reformating

Post by Adam »

Unfortunately it is too late.
Next time you install windows and you main apps use something like norton ghost which can image you hard disk then if you want to recover your comp at anytime it takes just ten mins rather than the drawn out time windows install takes.
Post Reply