How to format the PC (step by step, for beginners).

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My friends from csblackdevil on this occasion I bring another sensitive post in which I just explain how we can format our own PC and have to save us some money and not hire a technician. Ideally, you should print this text and have it handy during the Process.

1.- When and why to format our PC?
Everyone knows their own computer, everyone knows when the poor are already
Asking forgiveness for the sins done, everyone knows when it gets "dirty".
But some things that we must take into account is the following thing: When it is delayed
Too much to boot (more than normal), When it takes time to open the programs,
When we are typing and it takes time to display the text on screen, or
Simply when it stops working (this is a more extreme case and requires more
knowledge)

2.- What do I need to be able to format my computer?
First, and most important, a lot of patience, second, you need the CDs of
Those programs that you must install (Operating System, Office, etc.) Also
You will need the drivers of those peripherals that are not recognized
Automatically by the OS. Here the first recommendation, get all the
Drivers and do not trust your OS. If you do not have them, you can search the Internet
Entering the website of the manufacturer.

3. - Ready, I have what I need, And Now?
This is the fundamental step, therefore I will try to explain it in great detail,
Or at least as much as possible. The main thing is to save the information you have,
When one formats a hard disk or a partition of it, all the data
Stored there are lost, are erased, therefore it is better, if you want
To keep them is to make a backup of them. Here we have two
Options, the first is to save all the information on another disk partition
Hard drive (or other hard drive) or burn information to a CD or USB memory.
For security, I recommend you do both. What data should I keep? This
It depends entirely on you, what things will serve you or what you want to keep.

The usual thing is that you use the "My Documents" folder, located on Disc C as
Folder to save your documents, if so, copy it in full
The CD (assuming you are going to save all the information on the CD) Another folder that
You want to save for your use is the "Favorites" or "Bookmarks" depending on which
Browser uses (speaking of the 2 most used) In the first case, if you use WinXp it
You can find in "Cocuments and Settings-User" For other systems
You use the "Search" tool as it varies and keep in mind that each
User uses their own Favorites folder, so you
Folders, of all users in case you have more than one .. In the case of Use
Firefox, the best way is to enter the administration of bookmarks and in the menu
File, select export and in the file name we select it as
HTML file. This type of file is recognized by Firefox to import.

4.- Ready, I already record my CD with the information I want to keep, what next?
Let's "give a hand" to Windows, which will do is uninstall all the
Programs that are installed on our PC. For this, we turn to
"Control Panel-> add or remove programs" and remove everything there
Find. A drastic and faster way of doing this is to erase all
Folders, it also works but it is not so neat ...

Well, we have all deleted, we only have the Windows folder, which does not
Can be deleted from Windows itself. To do so, we restart our
Computer and when it is started, we will press the F8 key repeatedly
Until you enter the menu. If you do not get it the first time, start again and
Try it until it appears. On some computers this can vary, so
I recommend that you do tests before beginning the whole process.

Once in the menu, you will select only a system symbol, which will take you to the
DOS, you will have the black page and a prompt in the bottom that will be something like this:
"C:>" in that line you will write the following (Without quotation marks) "format c:" and press
Enter. You will be asked if you are sure what you will answer in the affirmative
(Unless you repent) by pressing the S key (sometimes you have to press Enter)
You receive a message when you have all the information on the Disk (you can
Takes a while).

With nothing else to do around here, restart the PC with the Windows CD in place. HE
Should read automatically, in case you do not, you should enter the BIOS
Pressing the DELETE key when the PC is started (on some computers this may
Vary, just as before, I urge you to test before starting the
Formatting) once in the BIOS (a screen with blue background) you should move
(With the flecas) to the menu that says Advanced Setup or Advanced Bios Feature

(Depending on the PC) and press Enter. There we look where First Boot says
Device we put there and we change what it says, by our CD or DVD reader.
We record and exit (at the bottom of the Bios you will see the keys for
Record, exit, etc.)

Now if you should start the Windows installation
From now on, it depends on which version of Windows you want to install. But
Basically, what you should do is press "continue" until you start
install. You can change things, but if you do not know what they are, I recommend you
leave it as it is. Windows will restart a few times while
Install PLUG'N PLAY components, you can leave it working just for a while
(About average depending on which machine you have)

Things to keep in mind:
* Check if the F8 key allows us to enter the system menu during the
Start windows before starting anything
* Check if the DELETE key allows us to enter the system menu during the
Start windows before starting anything
* Have all peripheral drivers and hardware
We buy the computer give us a CD with all the drivers on our board
base)

* What you are doing can not permanently damage your computer, but
You do not do the steps well, you must call a technician or someone who knows, so I recommend to be very aware of everything that happens in this proseso, maybe not come to the first come but once you come to come A future when formatting a PC will be eaten.