Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Anyone know of a good step-by-step/laymans guide to reformatting? I'm wanting to reformat my gfs old laptop as she's forever on mine but I don't have a bars where to start. Any suggestions on sites etc? It'd have to be canny noob friendly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacko Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I guess you're installing a new OS because simply reformatting would essentially brick the laptop. You can just boot from the install CD/DVD and choose "(re)format" when it loads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I was just going to reinstall XP on it. It's just so fucking slow and full off shit I just want to start a fresh with it. I doubt there's even much I'll be wanting off it. It's literally just so she can browse on it so I don't have to give up mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiemonster Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Have you tried checking what is installed and removing the crap? Stuff like Google/Yahoo toolbar take time to load and provide very little in the way of useful stuff. If you go start->run->msconfig then you can see what starts up when the computer loads. Untick the crap you don't need (pretty much everything in my experience), restart and it should be a lot faster. Then you can start getting rid of stuff.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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