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   Comment from *zedd, 1 day ago (#135909)

   Blarg!
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   Comment from *straw, 1 day ago (#135546)

   I came... this close to formatting or rather just throwing away my old main hd and reinstalling everything. It just started going *cinkcinkcinkcink* and halting everything on screen while it churned and then back to normal only to start it again in a minute.
   
   So considering that my delicious, huge and mysterious folder r has been lost twice before to hd crash and had to be re-assembled from the net I had the imperative to back it up this time before the hd finally dies. After having done just that the hd suddenly started behaving once again? Odd but I'm not complaining. Maybe that's just its way of telling that I should do backups.
   
   Anyhows good luck with the reinstalling process.
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   Comment from *Akkeresu, 2 days ago (#133997)

   And I just had to do that too. Fuckin' Windows.
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   Comment from *shaw, 2 days ago (#133782)

   I recently reformatted too, i found it quite nice as I really didn't have to install that much, but got rid of A LOT of old stuff i certainly didn't need.
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   Comment from *verm, 2 days ago (#133255)

   How have you been trying to format?
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   Comment from *Tremaine, 2 days ago (#133249)

   If you're currently in Windows and trying to reformat, you can't format the drive the operating system is on. You'll have to boot the computer from the Windows installation CD-ROM.
   
   But before you do that, if there's anything important on your drive, I'd save as much as it as you can to CD-Rs or DVD-Rs (or an external drive if you have one). Can't stress backing up your data enough. :) You should also make sure you have any drivers your computer might need before you wipe your PC, too, especially for network and video.
   
   If you are running Windows XP or Vista, you can boot the computer from the install CD-ROM. If the computer isn't booting from the CD-ROM, you may have to go into the BIOS and change the boot order, like change it tries booting from the CD-ROM first.
   
   Once you do get the system booted up with the CD-ROM, there's usually an option to Install or re-install Windows. Choose that.
   
   It'll then ask you what partition you want to install it on. You want to delete the current partition (make sure you backed up your stuff, because you can't get it back after this). Then you can either create a new partition or just have Windows automatically create one.
   
   Then, when you start installing Windows it will reformat the drive.
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      Comment from ♥ritts, 2 days ago (#133306)

      oh, dude i think i got it to start formatting!
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         Comment from *Tremaine, 2 days ago (#133783)

         Ah, cool =)
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      Comment from ♥ritts, 2 days ago (#133282)

      ive apperantly been doing it this way but so far it keeps either failinf or loads forever during installation.
      
      but, how do i get into bios?
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         Comment from *Tremaine, 2 days ago (#133781)

         Usually when you first turn on your PC, you press F1, F2 or Delete.
         
         There might be a message on your screen that says what key to press.
         
         What's the make and model of your PC? :) You could always try looking up instruction manuals online.
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         Comment from *swift, 2 days ago (#133381)

         when the computer is booting up, before it gets to the window loading screen it will say something like HIT DEL TO ENTER BIOS
         
         or f8
         
         or whatever
         
         also it might say HIT SOME OTHER KEY FOR BOOT MENU POP UP
         
         if you see that hit that key because it would just bring up a little prompt and say what do you want to boot off? and then you would be like "cd rom plz :3~~~~" and it would do it
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            Comment from ♥ritts, 2 days ago (#133501)

            now my next and hopefully last big problem is to get cpu to recognize usb devices
            i had to so something weird last time to get them to work and i dont remember what it was
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               Comment from *swift, 2 days ago (#133949)

               i dont know if windows has a hardware analizer that can tell you what type of motherboard you have, if so, i bet the drivers are on the manufactures site.
               
               if not you can crack open the case and see if there is the info printed on the mobo. either way, getting drivers is gaysauce
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   Comment from *Dktorzi, 2 days ago (#133212)

   Sounds like you might have either a anti virus or firewall HD protection protocol, or a specific program.
   
   Try remove thoss first, and then retry the windows cd boot to a fresh format install :]
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   Comment from *lapinstein, 2 days ago (#133210)

   boot to bios, usually involves holding down the delete key or one of the 12 function keys when you start the computer. It differs depending on your motherboard. Then you need to tell your bios to boot from your cd-rom drive which will have windows in it. save your setup, restart and windows setup should start and you can format from there.
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   Comment from *Minnie Shoof, 2 days ago (#133184)

   Magnets?
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      Comment from ♥ritts, 2 days ago (#133188)

      gee this is helpful
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