Dammit!

[Punk_Sk8r]

Alright girl's I have a small problem. I want to set my PC to factory settings and all that blah blah re-formatting it. Now I can't do this because all of a sudden my Reformat CD has gone missing and I really don't have time to find it so two questions:

How much does it cost to buy a new one. and to buy one quick (from PCWorld or somthing)?

Is there a safe and sound way doing it on the PC I've heard of some Linux thingy will that restore my PC without damaging it later on?

Cheers.

 

[siddharth2002]

You have neither of those 2 choices. What's the model and make of your PC. Post that first and then I will draw up a solution.

 

[Punk_Sk8r]

When you say model sid do you mean like: Windows XP Home Edition?

If so I'm pretty sure thats my model.....I have to go college now so I may not be able to reply, cheers.

 

[omkarjere]

When you say model sid do you mean like: Windows XP Home Edition?

If so I'm pretty sure thats my model.....I have to go college now so I may not be able to reply, cheers.

What is the Hardware config ? Which Motherboard do u use ? Which OS are u using etc etc.

 

[siddharth2002]

I mean the make and model of your computer. As in whether its a HP, Dell or IBM etc.

 

[Punk_Sk8r]

Packard Bell, if thats what you ment?

 

[omkarjere]

Packard Bell, if thats what you ment?

Which OS are you using ?

 

[siddharth2002]

Packard Bell, if thats what you ment?

What model of Packard Bell. It should be written on the system box.

 

[Punk_Sk8r]

Erm system box?

Well I'm half sorted now so I guess it's okay, I'll ask here if I need some more help, and thanks sid for your concern

 

[omkarjere]

Erm system box?

Well I'm half sorted now so I guess it's okay, I'll ask here if I need some more help, and thanks sid for your concern

If you need to format your main drive (C:\) and you have installed Windows on that drive (C:\) you can easily perform a format through Windows Setup Disk just insert Windows XP CD and boot through it now select Fresh Install (Don't repair) then select (C:\) it may display a message the "MS doesn't recommend to have 2 OS on same partition" skip this step now you will receive options like "leave partition intact" Format quick etc select a quick format or complete format as you wish but remember to choose correct file system.

 

[Punk_Sk8r]

I don't think I have a XP cd my PC came with XP but don't think it came with the CD...